USAID’s closing makes millions of African lives at risk

Last year alone, USA $ 3.7 billion aid in humanitarian aid to sub-Sahara Africa. At least 73% of this is allocated to health programs, including HIV treatment and prevention. For those who live with HIV, most of these funds came to the president’s AIDS relief or pepfar for the Supply of HIV for the countries needed and the president came through an emergency plan. Former US President George W. Bush, from the date of starting the Bush before two years ago, saved millions of lives in Pepfar Africa.

Before the pepfar, HIV has often meant death in Africa. Today, many living with the virus can lead to a normal life thanks to drugs spread through it. Help programs, sub-Sahara countries, HIV epidemia allow the ratios of infection, to improve the test and the transfer of the mother-child.

In fact, there are many countries in Africa, including Nigeria cusp 95% of people living with HIV are diagnosed and 95% of people living with HIV are diagnosed, 95% of the diagnosis is a viral investment and transmission of a patient where it is effective with risk.

Now, along the life of Pepfar, who is preparing to go, people’s health workers are concerned that these gains can turn back. “After the 90-day pork, the whole financing stopped near the healthcare system, because the Nigerian government will not be able to provide only the necessary services,” he said.

Isah and colleagues were published a learn In 2021 to pay the desire to people living with HIV in Nigeria to clear the desire. This study said that when many of the treatment of the continuation of the treatment is that they are ready to pay, so the value of drugs is a big obstacle to them.

The general version of the Truvada is a drug used to treat HIV, and a drug used to protect against infection before and after exposure, costs about $ 60 per month. On top of that, the viral load has regular laboratory tests for the liver and heart conditions and conditions that can cause the costs of regular laboratory tests to check the health of the immune system. For low-income countries in Africa, this is a great problem: at least 41 percent of sub-Saharan African population live less more than $ 1.90 per day; Nigeria’s national minimum wage is $ 40 per month.

Nigeria’s government is ready to block the funding space voting This week, 4.8 billion Naira ($ 3.2 million) will be launched this week to purchase 150,000 HIV treatment kits. Although a short sign for a short time, there is no place to continue the country’s HIV treatment and prevention program in the event of a long-term retreat of Washington’s long-term support.

After the 90-day break, the United States is sustainable, there is a possibility that many people living in HIV in Africa are not able to pay a consistent pocket for drugs and laboratory tests. “Once someone is on full medicine and the person has achieved a viral load that does not identify, which means that man cannot pass the virus,” IsaH. “However, they must miss their treatment and medications, viral loads can cause the risk of growing, families and loved ones.”