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Chaotic cuts to CDC hit expert leadership and programs that surveil, test and research sexually transmitted diseases

In today’s newsletter: The US aid agency has been a lifeline for developing nations since the 1960s – its destruction is already having huge consequences around the world

Needle and syringe programs are a proven public health intervention that provide free, sterile injecting equipment to people who use drugs. By reducing needle sharing, these programs help prevent the spread of blood-borne viruses such as hepatitis C and HIV and minimise life-threatening bacterial infections.

Trump has been accused of giving ‘millions of people a death sentence’ after The Independent exposed the reality of the cuts on the ground

“Without prompt action, decades of progress in the global fight against HIV could be reversed, creating a global health crisis that we have both the power and the tools to prevent,” said Elton John in a statement for the new joint-venture.

Sir Elton John and Brandi Carlile have teamed up again to raise donations for HIV/AIDS in response to Donald Trump's cutbacks.

IN FULL

ON THE GROUND: From the pregnant woman who fears HIV will now be transmitted to her child, to the father of four lying in agony on a mattress with no access to drugs. In Uganda and Zimbabwe, chief international correspondent Bel Trew finds the US president’s brutal severing of aid…

IN FOCUS: HIV infections and deaths from Aids are set to skyrocket in the next five years if US-funded programmes are not reinstated, write Rachel Schraer, Alicja Hagopian, Bel Trew and Rebecca Thomas

“Ending HIV is too important to fly under the radar."

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