Clinics in Uganda are roaming around to find new sources for major HIV drugs, fears of rescue workers in Bangladesh that refugee camp infrastructure will be eliminated, and mobile health units close to the frontline in Ukraine Citizens’ treatment may have to be stopped.
President Donald Trump’s executive order has put worldwide services in dishonesty, Signed on Monday Prevent US foreign aid financing for 90 days published on January 20 and Friday.
Something Discount Include military aid to Israel and emergency humanitarian food aid, but charities said sudden announcements-which included any US financial support works to stop immediately. Had endangered life.
The US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is included in the order. It provides antiretrovirals 20 million people With HIV globally, and funds for millions of people funding kits and precautionary medicines.
Already, clinics around the world are reporting that supply has been stopped.
“This is a matter of life or death,” said the President of the International AIDS Society, adding that it would be disastrous to stop Pepper. “If that happens, people are going to die and HIV will be born again.”
Brian Elagira runs a health clinic for the LGBT+ community in Kampala, Uganda. He said that the presidential order has stopped the supplies. The center of arc welfare relies on pepper to prevent and cure HIV costs and prevent the costs of running HIV.
He said on Monday, “Today is crazy.” “We are worried. Since I’m chatting with you now, I’m among a lot of emails and trying to find out who can stock our supply and drugs. Supply chain [are] All were affected. “
Asia Russell, an executive director of Health Gap, a lawyer for HIV patients, said the clinic is facing the same situation around the world.
He said there was no need for a stapwork order to review aid. “It is useless, inaccessible and does not protect the United States, nor makes it more prosperous or secure – while Pepper actually does all these things. It was a deliberate decision of chaos and confusion, whether it is human value. Regardless of. “
He said any long shutdown would mean “stop the service supply, firing staff, closing the clinic, closing the clinic, returning out.” He added, “You do not refrain from this kind of Whaplish overnight.”
The United States is the largest only aid donor globally, and is the supply of 72bn (£ 58bn) in the 2023 fiscal year.
The humanitarian sector was threatened with the effects of Trump’s policies, such as the Global Glory’s re -offering and the defamation of UN agencies, but at the moment, the financial -powered projects were a shock. Has emerged from Many rescue sector organizations said on Monday that they were still guessing whether their programs were affected or not.
Andrey Klipikov, Executive Director of the Alliance for Public Health in Ukraine, said: “Mobile integrated medical services for people at remote locations in the frontline affect mobile integrated medical services. We provide mobile medical services to people in these areas. Where there are not clinics, doctors or nurses.
“I hope that the Ukraine – being in the middle of the war – will be exempted to continue such important services. Or the least review will be done in priority order.
Oxfam US President Abe Maxman said the future for us and people around the world who rely on it, who are undergoing humanitarian disasters and are just struggling to survive ” Look hard.
“We will see the results of life or death for millions of people around the world, because programs that rely on this fund are stopped without a plan or a safety net,” he said. Rescue experts are unable to run or plan if they do not know when the funds will come, or how much, “he said.
“Financial support for emergency food is developed as an exception, but not so important for people who are going through a funding crisis for clean water, cleaning, health care and much more. We need to see permission to move forward.
There has been concern over the impact of cuts on hundreds of refugee camps globally – from Chad to Nigeria – where homeless people especially rely on aid.
One million people live in vast camps in Bangladesh, where the United States provided 55 % funding The Rohingya humanity was for the sake of response and which had seen a decrease in the fund last year. A relief worker there, who wants to be anonymous, said he was guessing “what are the most important life -saving activities to give priority”.
Under the Biden administration, Dr. Atul Gonde, the Assistant Administrator of World Health in USAID, said the order “caused severe damage to the world and the United States”. As well as targeting HIV programs, it would be Stop working He said that a deadly outbreak of Marberg in Tanzania and the killing of various types of children in West Africa in West Africa.
He said it would also monitor the spread of bird flu, and also affect programs working to eliminate polio and tropical diseases such as Blind Pin and Lymphic Feliseosis, as well as health care for pregnant women. Also providing childhood drops services services.
In a social media post, Gonde said: “Don’t make any mistake – this essential, life -saving activities are now being stopped. Clinics are closed. Workers sent home. Payroll to partners, including our small business. Unable to meet.
Pepper and other programs were asked about the potential waiver, and how the services are being preferred to review, the US Department of State Department spokesperson said they “all the minorities offered” Reviewing. “
A campaign, which was jointly organized by U2 singer Bono, was estimated that closely 3 million children If the president’s malaria move stopped work for 90 days, malaria could be more at risk.
Thomas Borns, who operates a consulting firm that specializes in the humanitarian sector, said that sudden stopwork orders will have a tough and far -reaching impact as the global system relys on US funds. The US provides 42.3 % of global aid financingAccording to the United Nations, and as much 54 % World Food Program funding.
“Unprecedented” frozen “organizations have to stop the programs suddenly, which has reduced job reduction and reduction of essential services to weak populations,” Byrison said.
“They are very sudden, there is no cool period-it’s not in 30 days or 60 days. You have to stop now.
