US flagship HIV and AIDS programme saved from spending cuts - for now
Republican Senators took out a $400 million cut to PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief programme, from a new bill that seeks to massively curb US government spending. The amendment still needs to be approved and go back to the House of Representatives for another round of voting.
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00:05Members of the Republican Party in the U.S. Senate shielded the United States' flagship HIV and AIDS program, called PEPFAR, from planned cuts to government spending on Wednesday.
00:16The program was due to take a $400 million cut before senators intervened.
00:22PEPFAR was created under former President George W. Bush.
00:25The program has been credited with saving millions of lives, particularly in Africa, over the past two decades.
00:34But overall, U.S. foreign aid and global health programs will still see massive cuts in the spending bill passed by the Senate.
00:42Many experts are warning of more fights over spending and the continuation of PEPFAR to come.
