The USAID Shutdown Puts Millions of African Lives at Risk

Last year alone, the United States Has contributed $ 3.7 billion to humanitarian assistance Sub-Saharan to Africa. At least 73 percent of it was assigned to health programs including HIV treatment and prevention. For those suffering from HIV, most of the benefits of this fund have come through the President’s emergency plan for AIDS relief – or Pepfer, which purchases and supplies HIV drugs for needy countries. Pepfer has saved millions of lives in Africa since the launch of US President George W. Bush more than two decades ago.

HIV prior to Pepphor often refers to the death penalty of Africa. Today, many people living with the virus are able to live a simple life for drugs distributed through it. Aid programs have allowed sub-Saharan countries to make important progress in holding HIV epidemic through the recording rate of infection, improvement of the tests and reduce maternal infancy infection.

In fact, there are many countries in Africa, including Nigeria Quiet HIV is reaching up to control of epidemic and reaching “95-95-95” goals-where 95 percent of people living in HIV are diagnosed, 95 percent of the diagnosis receives antiratroviral therapy and antiratroviral therapy achieves 95 percent of the Viral suppression, where a disease The identifier does not have HIV and is effectively free from the risk of virus infection.

Now, PayPafar’s lifeline is probably going to go, public health workers are concerned that these gains may be the opposite. “If all funds are closed after 90 -day frost, our health care system will fall closer, because the Nigerian government will not be able to provide the services necessary,” Isha said.

Isa and his colleagues have revealed a Study About the wishes of people living in HIV in Nigeria to pay for treatment out of pocket in 2021. This study has shown that many people recognize the importance of life-seeking life-seeking and therefore wishing to pay, but the cost of drugs is a major obstacle to them.

Trovader’s generic version is valuable one month, as well as a drug used to protect against infection both before and after exposure, as well as exposure Expenditure About 60 dollars per month. After all, there are regular laboratory tests for renal conditions and conditions that may be due to viral loads, health of the immune system and renal conditions of the heart and heart. For low-income countries in Africa, it presents a big challenge: Sub-Saharan is at least 41 percent of the population of Africa Lively More than $ 1.90 per day; Nigeria’s national minimum wage is $ 40 a month.

The Nigerian government is preparing to plug the funds gap Voted Earlier this week, 1.5 billion Nayra ($ 1.2 million) will be released to collect 5 HIV treatment kit. However, even though there is a good sign in the short term, Washington’s long -term support is nowhere near what is needed to continue HIV treatment and prevention programs in the country.

If US funding is settled after a 90 -day break, many people with HIV in Africa may be unable to pay continuously from pockets for their necessary drugs and laboratory examinations. “Once a person is fully in the Medication and the person gains an unnecessary viral burden, it means that the person cannot infection the virus,” says Isa. “But if they miss their treatment and drugs, the viral burden may increase again, which results in endangered their families and loved ones” “