- A renowned medical expert has detailed the consequences of US President Donald Trump’s recent executive order halting all US foreign aid
- The halt will temporarily last for three months while the new administration tries to get a hold of the situation
- Only war-torn Palestine and Israel were exempted from the halt order that has sent reverberating shockwaves across the world
Trump’s government say the US will no longer be sending money out with nothing in return. Image: FB/Dr Chinonso EgembaSource: FacebookDoctor sounds warning over US HIV funding halt”Trump cutting funds to PEPFAR, what does it mean? Nigeria has the world’s second highest number of people living with HIV. If you don’t treat HIV, almost everyone affected will develop AIDS. To treat HIV, they need ART drugs and these drugs have become so effective that a HIV positive person can no longer transmit the virus if the level of the virus is suppressed.””Now that donation has been cut, what does this mean? If Nigeria doesn’t rise to the occasion and take charge: 1. Infections will rise, currently it’s close to 200000 infections every year. 2. People will die from AIDS, drugs are not available. 3. Our already burdened healthcare system will be burdened further which might be make or break.””These are just a snippet of the ripple effect. Let’s not forget that diseases like tuberculosis and malaria are being affected also by the pause of funding. Now is the time to take our health system seriously, the second best time was yesterday. Nigeria can not continue to depend on donations for its own healthcare”Trump’s executive orders that may affect Nigeria
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