USAID canceled contracts worth $32.7m bound for HIV charity treating 350,000 patients—now the lives of 10,000 children are on the line

A woman with two babies sits beside a nurse in hospital. (Credit: Eric Bond, EGPAF)

• EXCLUSIVE: The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) received a devastating blow when USAID abruptly terminated a number of its contracts, cutting off funding that supported HIV treatment for 350,000 people in Africa. The cuts have led to medicine shortages, unpaid healthcare workers, and a crumbling medical infrastructure. The decision, potentially influenced by Elon Musk's confusion over a misreported funding allocation, has left EGPAF scrambling. "Large numbers of people are going to die" if the funding is not restored, a foundation exec told Fortune.

Back in late January, when Elon Musk used X to falsely accuse USAID of sending $50 million of condoms to Gaza, the staff at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) did not realize he may have been referring to their work.