[Viva] Fwd: UNAIDS welcomes decision by US Secretary of State to continue life-saving HIV treatment & convenes partners to mitigate impacts on HIV services

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From: UNAIDS <communications at unaids.org>
Date: Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 6:46 a.m.
Subject: UNAIDS welcomes decision by US Secretary of State to continue
life-saving HIV treatment & convenes partners to mitigate impacts on HIV
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US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has approved an “Emergency Humanitarian
Waiver”, which will allow people to continue accessing HIV treatment...
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*PRESS STATEMENT*
*UNAIDS welcomes the decision by the US Secretary of State to continue
life-saving HIV treatment and convenes partners to assess and mitigate
impacts on HIV services *

*GENEVA, 29 January 2025*— The United States Secretary of State, Marco
Rubio, has approved an “Emergency Humanitarian Waiver”, which will allow
people to continue accessing HIV treatment funded by the US across 55
countries worldwide. More than 20 million people living with HIV,
representing two-thirds of all people living with HIV receiving treatment
globally, are directly supported by the United States President's Emergency
Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) - the world’s leading HIV initiative.

“UNAIDS welcomes this waiver from the US government which ensures that
millions of people living with HIV can continue to receive life-saving HIV
medication during the assessment of US foreign development assistance,”
said UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima. “This urgent decision
recognizes PEPFAR’s critical role in the AIDS response and restores hope to
people living with HIV.”

In recent days, the US Department of State announced an immediate 90-day
funding pause for all foreign assistance, including for funding and
services supported by PEPFAR. The executive order announcing a “90-day
pause in United States foreign development assistance for assessment of
programmatic efficiencies and consistency with United States foreign
policy” was one of the first major foreign policy decisions of the new
administration. This waiver approves the continuation or resumption of
“life-saving humanitarian assistance” which applies to core life-saving
medicine and medical services, including HIV treatment, as well as to
supplies necessary to deliver such assistance.

UNAIDS will continue efforts to ensure that all people living with or
affected by HIV are served and that other key components of PEPFAR’s
life-saving efforts, including service delivery and services for HIV
prevention, care, and support for orphans and vulnerable children are
continued.

UNAIDS is serving in its essential role to mobilize and convene partners,
governments, and communities across the globe at the country level to
assess and mitigate the impact of the pause on the continuity of essential
HIV services.

UNAIDS has encouraged President Donald J. Trump to prioritize the U.S.
Government’s leadership
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*Contact*
UNAIDS
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