Haiti running out of HIV medication due to USAID funding cuts

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Haiti running out of HIV medication due to USAID funding cuts  More than 150,000 people in Haiti have HIV or AIDS, although the number is believed to be much higher  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/05/25/haiti-running-out-of-hiv-medication-due-to-usaid-funding-cuts  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00At this home run by a non-profit organization, HIV-positive women care for 26 children,

00:08some as young as nine months old. The home used to be located in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Ponce

00:13until 2023, when gang violence forced a move to the coastal city of Kap-hai-Shen.

00:19Because of the aid cuts, the center's supply of HIV medications will finish soon.

00:24The situation is dire. That's how I can put it. And that our kids only have medication

00:35until the end of July, and we do not know what's going to happen after that. That's as simple as it is.

00:45HIV medication helps control the infection and gives many an average life expectancy.

00:50Following the cuts to USAID, many NGOs have started a frantic search for new donors but received no responses.

01:03We're very worried about the direction the program is taking.

01:07If we do not find medicines in the coming days, it will lead to disaster.

01:11We hope the Haitian state will advocate for us. If not, we'll face dire consequences.

01:19We could see many corpses and a rise in infections throughout the country.

01:28Earlier in the week, dozens of HIV-positive people marched outside the office of the Prime Minister

01:33to demand government action. Experts say Haiti could see a rise in HIV infections

01:39because medications are dwindling at a time that gang violence and poverty are surging.

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