Question
Where can I get information about the impact of cancelled US funding?
2 March 2025. Related: Access to treatment, All topics.
Answer
Please note: This info is free to copy and adapt for different settings.
On 20 January 2025, without any notice, the US stopped all international support for global health care.
This forced thousands of HIV clinics to close in over 50 countries. Within a month, some clinics are starting to reopen again. Others will hopefully open soon but this is not certain.
Some clinics and services might stay closed. This means some people need to find another clinic to get meds and services.
If this includes your clinic, we are sorry for this uncertainty and the worry it causes.
- Please continue to hope that things will get better.
- This might just be difficult in the short-term.
- People all over the world are working to fix the situation.
The following information covers four main issues.
- General information about why HIV clinics closed.
- Looking after your health especially if you need to stop ART.
- HIV prevention: HIV testing, PrEP, condoms, U=U. (link to come)
Who wrote this information and further links.
The following HIV treatment activists in CHANGE helped write these Q&As. They have been involved in HIV treatment and prevention work for many years.
Tracy Swan, Roger Pebody, Richard Jefferys, Giota Touloumi, Kennedy Mwangi, Nia Dunbar, Akmalakram Ridzuwan, Ali Asghar Abbas, Stephanie Chamberlin, Juma Kwame, Simon Collins.
It has also been reviewed by doctors who treat people living with HIV.
CHANGE: Community Health and HIV Advocates Navigating Global Emergencies
https://pepfarwatch.org/pepfar-funding-freeze/
Email: contact.change.2025@gmail.com
Other related Q&As
- Looking after your health especially if you need to stop ART.
- Where can I get information about the impact of cancelled US funding?
- What is happening about US funding that closed my HIV clinic?
- Can I split tablets to make my meds last longer? – until the President crisis is over?
- What happens after stopping ART? What is my risk?
- Why did my HIV clinic close last week and when will it reopen?
- Can fewer doses make my meds last longer as my clinic is closed?
- How will we get meds in Pakistan if there is the USAID ban?
This page was first posted on 26 February 2025 and has been updated since.
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