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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Melody Schreiber

US voters support HIV/Aids relief – will Trump’s cuts backfire in the midterms?

people hold signs and banners that read 'hands off pepfar' and 'billions illegally withheld millions suffer'
Activists demand the Trump administration and Congress fully restore Pepfar programming, in Washington DC on 5 March. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

US midterm voters overwhelmingly support Pepfar, an initiative to end HIV/Aids that also has strengthened health systems against other infectious disease threats but has come under fire from the Trump administration.

About three in four (74%) likely voters in the US midterm elections say they support funding the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar), with voters more likely to back candidates who support Pepfar, according to a recent poll. Four in five voters said there is a moral argument for supporting lifesaving treatment for people at risk for or living with HIV/Aids, regardless of their personal choices.

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