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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kat Lay Global health correspondent

Trump’s aid cuts in east Africa led to unwanted abortion and babies being born with HIV – report

Midwife Leticia Nakandi listens to the tummy of an unidentified pregnant woman.
Midwife Leticia Nakandi at an HIV management centre in Kampala. Uganda’s programme to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission is partly funded by Pepfar. Photograph: Philip Kairu/WHO

Aid cuts in east Africa have led to cases of babies being born with HIV because mothers could not get medication, a rise in life-threatening infections, and at least one woman having an unwanted abortion, according to interviews with medical staff, patients and experts.

A report by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) sets out dozens of examples of the impact of disruption to Pepfar – the president’s emergency plan for aids relief – in Tanzania and Uganda.

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