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Andrew Green

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Global health correspondent. Dispatches from the frontlines of the suddenly uncertain global AIDS response: theforsaken.substack.com. 2025 Alicia Patterson Fellow.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Allowing measles to spread is a political choice The cost is borne by people www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/meas...
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Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Devex: Scoop: US to launch global health plans Congress hasn’t seen bit.ly/3TCZAo1 by Andrew Green @devex.com
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Scoop: US to launch global health plans Congress hasn’t seen
The U.S. State Department is launching new implementation plans on Oct. 1 that will govern billions of dollars in healthcare financing and influence healthcare for millions of people around the world.
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The United States has struck deals worth more than $24 billion in global health financing. But the entire process has been cloaked in secrecy. Here's what we do know about those plans, set to go into effect tomorrow: www.devex.com/news/what-we...
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What we know — and still don’t — about the US global health deals
Though the bilateral health agreements the United States has struck with 35 countries have been shrouded in secrecy, the known components have proven controversial.
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scoop: The U.S. State Department intends to launch new plans on Oct. 1 that will govern billions of dollars in global health funds and impact how millions of people around the world receive health care: www.devex.com/news/scoop-u...
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Scoop: US to launch global health plans Congress hasn’t seen
The U.S. State Department is launching new implementation plans on Oct. 1 that will govern billions of dollars in healthcare financing and influence healthcare for millions of people around the world.
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scoop: The U.S. State Department intends to launch new plans on Oct. 1 that will govern billions of dollars in global health funds and impact how millions of people around the world receive health care: www.devex.com/news/scoop-u...
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Scoop: US to launch global health plans Congress hasn’t seen
The U.S. State Department is launching new implementation plans on Oct. 1 that will govern billions of dollars in healthcare financing and influence healthcare for millions of people around the world.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 23/09/2026
ICE snatched up a Senegalese college basketball player with an ACL injury in a Kentucky airport. She’s “in so much pain” and needs surgery, but is being transferred from camp to camp with little more than ibuprofen. www.kentucky.com/news/state/k...
A picture of Amina Seck in her Kentucky State jersey on a basketball court.
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Devex @devex.com · 17/09/2026
As Washington began to reduce support for PEPFAR starting last year, cervical cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa became one of the many casualties. Plus, the Global Fund ramps up its procurement role.
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Devex CheckUp: Another casualty of PEPFAR cuts
Devex CheckUp: Another casualty of PEPFAR cuts
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Rachel Savage @rachelmsavage.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
For some white South Africans who thought they victims of racism, Trump's refugee program seemed like an answer to their prayers. But, in the past few months, dozens of applicants have been rejected, with many left dismayed and confused as to why they would be left to face a “white genocide”
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‘I believed the hype’: the white South Africans denied refugee status in the US
Drive to save thousands of Afrikaners from false claims of ‘white genocide’ appears to show signs of slowing
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Why community health workers might be a better investment than ever: www.devex.com/news/why-com...
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Why community health workers could be a smart investment as aid shrinks
Community health workers have always been a good investment, but it has primarily been donors that have paid for them. If countries still want the benefits of CHWs, they will have to figure out how to...
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 03/09/2026
BREAKING: Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin arrested by Bourbon County Sheriff's Office
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Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin arrested by Bourbon County Sheriff's Office
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office arrested former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin Thursday at a film set in Paris, Kentucky.
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Jørgen Heszlein @heszlein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The U.S. deported a man to Equatorial Guinea, where he is now being forcibly held in a hotel one floor from a quarantined Ebola patient. The hotel is now denying them basic hygiene products. ICE says it has no responsibility for the man it put into this situation: tucson.com/news/local/b...
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Arizona man languishes in African hotel after third-country deportation
A 30-year-old man, Ahmed Soliman, is confined in a decommissioned hotel in Equatorial Guinea after being deported there by ICE without warning. He faces the threat of return to Egypt, where he may fac...
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
No, there's no reason to split up the MMR vaccine. No, vaccines don't come in vats. Yes, a lot "bad can happen from what we’re doing."
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Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About Childhood Vaccines After Executive Order (Gift Article)
Mr. Trump signed an executive order on Monday calling to scale back the number of vaccinations American children receive.
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
BREAKING: The Senate voted 51-44, largely along partisan lines, to confirm Dr. Erica Schwartz as director of the CDC, the agency’s first full-time leader in nearly a year. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/h...
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Senate Confirms Dr. Erica Schwartz as C.D.C. Director (Gift Article)
Dr. Schwartz, a deputy surgeon general in the first Trump administration, has publicly supported childhood vaccines.
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Joseph Stiglitz at #AIDS2026: Inequality has grown side-by-side with the HIV pandemic. He also underscores how that inequality has weakened ongoing ability to respond to new pandemics, through underinvestment in public goods and other gaps and failings.
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Powerful presentation from Mark Harrington, who says the same anger that suffused the 2000 Int'l AIDS Conference in Durban, and fueled a global movement to expand affordable access to treatment, is missing from #IAC2026. At the same time, similar concerns around disinformation and inequity persist.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
On June 30, Uganda reported a case of #Marburg to @WHO, only after the US embassy in Kampala revealed it had heard there was a case in the west of the country. Since then, radio silence. WHO confirmed today that though it has been asking for followup information, Uganda has provided none.
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
A new twice-yearly injectable form of HIV prevention has been the star of this year’s International AIDS Conference, but as I write for Devex, Latin America is still waiting for access.
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Activists disrupt opening of #AIDS2026 to demand reversal of global funding cuts and a cure to the virus.
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Kenya's Dr. Patrick Amoth says success of new bilateral health agreements will "not be measured simply by the amount of money… but whether countries like Kenya emerge stronger, more self-reliant and better able to manage the health of our people." #AIDS2026
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
At #AIDS2026, Jeff Graham, leader of US delegation, says bilateral health deals are "commitments we did not force anybody to make." Says "we are helping countries build the capacity to solve their own challenges, rather than perpetuating dependency."
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
On data sharing obligations in new US bilateral health agreements, Jeff Graham, who leads US AIDS programs, says requirements are "not different than what we've had before." But US has been slow or declined to release those obligations, making it difficult to confirm. #AIDS2026
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Dr. Rebecca Bunnell at #AIDS2026 says U.S. strategy moving forward focused on preventing the most HIV infections, saving the most lives, but also pushing toward country sovereignty.
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
At #AIDS2026, activists disrupt presentation by U.S. government to call attention to data showing a decline in HIV testing, prevention and other services following disruptions to PEPFAR by Trump administration.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Take a moment to contemplate the multiple horrors reported here, a perfect storm of evils perpetrated by the Trump Administration 17 people deported from the US to Equatorial Guinea are being detained in a hotel "alongside at least one suspected Ebola patient" www.africanews.com/2026/07/10/l...
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Lawyers say Ebola patient placed in Equatorial Guinea hotel housing US deportees | Africanews
Lawyers and two of the deportees say a man suspected of having the virus was brought to the hotel last week by people in hazmat suits.
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Devex @devex.com · 13/07/2026
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention helped build America's global AIDS response. As the Trump administration overhauls the agency's role both at home and abroad, CDC officials worry about the future of HIV programs.
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Experts warn that sidelining CDC threatens PEPFAR's future
Experts warn that sidelining CDC threatens PEPFAR's future
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The CDC once ran nearly half of all U.S. global HIV programs. But now the agency is being marginalized and with significant potential consequences for the people who relied on it: www.devex.com/shared/yveWG...
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Experts warn that sidelining CDC threatens PEPFAR's future
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention helped build America's global AIDS response. As the Trump administration overhauls the agency's role both at home and abroad, CDC officials worry ab...
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Devex @devex.com · 08/07/2026
The $166 million health financing agreement between South Sudan and the United States has raised concerns that the overall amount is too low and questions about whether Juba can actually deliver on its end of the bargain.
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Will the US funding deal rescue South Sudan's health system?
Will the US funding deal rescue South Sudan's health system?
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Jayne with a Y @lareinamalvada.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This will be a game changer for so many folks who struggle with daily oral meds and who can’t get to a clinic every two months to get an injection (it’s harder than you think). Especially important for street medicine teams who can stock this on their vans and meet people where they’re at. YESSSS!
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
South Sudan just signed a $166 million health funding deal with the United States. That sounds like a lot of money until you start digging into it: www.devex.com/news/will-th...
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Will the US funding deal rescue South Sudan's health system?
The $166 million health financing agreement between South Sudan and the United States has raised concerns that the overall amount is too low and questions about whether Juba can actually deliver on it...
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
45 years ago today. Buried on page 20 on a holiday Friday just like this one, news that changed the world. www.nytimes.com/1981/07/03/u...
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RARE CANCER SEEN IN 41 HOMOSEXUALS (Published 1981)
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
#Marburg in Uganda is confirmed. Uganda formally reported 1 case to #WHO today. A reliable source tells me there are 2 confirmed cases. Developing story. Positive: Uganda is very good at containing outbreaks. Negative: Uganda doesn't like sharing info about them. www.statnews.com/2026/06/30/m...
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Marburg outbreak is reported in Uganda, threatening to complicate Ebola response in region
Sources confirm to STAT that Marburg cases have been detected in western Uganda, adding another viral hemorrhagic fever outbreak in central Africa.
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Michela Wrong @michelawrong.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
One of the most frightening things about what's been happening in Uganda is that it is barely being covered in the Western media. One by one, key African countries are sliding into police states, it barely gets a passing mention. Events in Uganda are hair raising. www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/...
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NTV Uganda, Daily Monitor remain under military siege as Gen Muhoozi, Mwenda signal talks on reopening
NMG says military raid disrupted operations
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Devex @devex.com · 09/06/2026
New research from the Clinton Health Access Initiative shows declines in HIV testing and in people accessing oral prevention services.
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'We're not seeing a rebound': New data shows HIV services not recovering
'We're not seeing a rebound': New data shows HIV services not recovering
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Devex @devex.com · 08/06/2026
Early drafts of a new HIV political declaration show U.N. member states attempting to strike a balance between regaining momentum toward ending the epidemic by 2030, while also acknowledging the challenges posed by shifts in global funding.
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Can the new UN political declaration get the HIV response back on track?
Can the new UN political declaration get the HIV response back on track?
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Alexandra Phelan 余雪莲 @alexandraphelan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Kenya’s high court has temporarily stopped US plans to establish an Ebola quarantine facility for Americans in Kenya. From challenging the bilateral global health MOU to this lawsuit, Kenya’s legal system is demonstrating what holding a government to account looks like.
The judge, Patricia Nyaundi, ruled that Kenya was not allowed to admit anyone exposed to or infected by Ebola under the proposed deal with the US until a challenge to the deal brought by the Kenyan rights group Katiba Institute was heard.

The group’s lawsuit said the plan “raises grave constitutional concerns regarding the rights to life, health, fair administrative action, public participation and parliamentary oversight”.

Health officials had said the proposal could place additional strain on Kenya’s already stretched healthcare system. The country’s main medical union threatened on Thursday to take strike action unless the terms of the agreement with the US were released within 48 hours.

US officials had said the 50-bed facility at an air force base would become operational on Friday. More than 30 staff from the US Public Health Service, a uniformed branch of the Department of Health and Human Services, left the US for Kenya on Wednesday after receiving three days’ training in Washington DC.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
ICE is targeting journalists at Delaney Hall. They’re hitting photographers, breaking fingers and smashing off lenses.
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Devex @devex.com · 29/05/2026
On Monday, Africa CDC announced nearly $500 million had been raised to fight the alarming Ebola outbreak in Central Africa. But that number has since dropped to $219 million.
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Pledges for Ebola outbreak drastically plunge, says Africa CDC chief
Pledges for Ebola outbreak drastically plunge, says Africa CDC chief
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Amid multiple crises, the global HIV response did not get a lot of attention at this year's World Health Assembly: theforsaken.substack.com/p/the-view-f...
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The view from Geneva 2026
Too many crises at this year's World Health Assembly
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Megan Clement @meganclement.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
My profile of Némésis, a French far-right group claiming to be feminists who focus almost exclusively on violence against women perpetrated by non-white men. They performed an offensive stunt in niqabs at Tommy Robinson's anti-immigration march last weekend. www.fullerproject.org/editions/far...
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The murder of Quentin Deranque and rise of Collectif Némésis
After a clash in Lyon led to the death of Quentin Deranque, a fringe identitarian group called Collectif Némésis has seized the moment – backed by powerful allies and blurring the line between feminis...
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Tedros: Suspected Ebola cases have risen to nearly 750 with 177 suspected deaths. He revises the local assessed risk from high to very high.
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Devex @devex.com · 20/05/2026
🚨STARTING SOON🚨 Devex Impact House opens today as we prepare for two days of journalism, curated roundtables, and intentional networking events with global health leaders on the sidelines of the 79th World Health Assembly.
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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Today at the #WHA, @drtedros.who.int provided an update on the #Ebola outbreak in #DRC: 1️⃣ Emergency Committee convening today 2️⃣ >500 suspect cases, >130 suspect deaths 3️⃣ Cases in Kampala & Goma — major urban/transport hubs 4️⃣ HCW infections 5️⃣ >100,000 displaced persons complicating containment
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
More Accra Reset this morning from #WHA79, with a side event - One Vision, One Future - that promises to focus on how to actually pay for the reforms being proposed.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
#Ebola scoop: The Trump administration has imposed a travel ban on people who've been in DRC, South Sudan or Uganda in the past 21 days. The order does not apply to Americans. www.statnews.com/2026/05/18/c...
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U.S. bans entry for travelers from Ebola-affected countries
In response to an Ebola outbreak, the U.S. has banned entry for foreign travelers who have been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan in the past 21 days.
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
At Accra Reset event on the sidelines of WHA79, Ghana's health minister calls this a "historic moment" that "shifts us from passive recipients of aid to sovereign architects of our own health systems."
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The Trump administration may have finally released PEPFAR data, but the impact of the funding cuts extends beyond what any datasets can capture: theforsaken.substack.com/p/beyond-the...
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Beyond the numbers
The Trump administration finally released PEPFAR data, but the datasets don't reveal the true impact
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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The Trump administration may have finally released PEPFAR data, but the impact of the funding cuts extends beyond what any datasets can capture: theforsaken.substack.com/p/beyond-the...
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Beyond the numbers
The Trump administration finally released PEPFAR data, but the datasets don't reveal the true impact
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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
AIDS group sues Trump administration over undisclosed agreement with Gilead www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20... via @statnews.com
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AIDS group sues Trump administration over undisclosed agreement with Gilead
The AIDS advocacy group PrEP4All has sued the Trump administration over an undisclosed agreement with Gilead.
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Asia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
An approach of Trump’s HIV ‘strategy’ is signing a bunch of incoherent deals negotiated in secret with exploitative conditions, funding cuts, and no ambition to actually defeat HIV. Another one has just crumbled: www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Exclusive: Ghana rejects proposed US health aid deal, citing data concerns, source says
Ghana has rejected a bilateral health deal with the U.S., a source ‌familiar with the negotiations told Reuters, the latest stumbling block to the Trump administration's effort to overhaul foreign aid...
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