US evangelical groups urge Trump to spare HIV/Aids program from aid cuts

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

US evangelical groups urge Trump to spare HIV/Aids program from aid cuts

Christian organizations helped create Pepfar, credited with preventing 25m early deaths, particularly in Africa

Chris McGreal
Mon 17 Mar 2025 10.00 GMT
Last modified on Mon 17 Mar 2025 13.55 GMT

Christian evangelical organizations instrumental in creating the US program that has saved millions of lives from HIV/Aids are pressing the Trump administration to rescue the scheme from crushing cuts to foreign assistance.

The state department has said that the two-decade-old President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar), which is estimated to have prevented 25m early deaths, is exempt from the cancellation of most US overseas aid. But the program is heavily reliant on logistical support from the US Agency for International Development (USAid), which has seen most of its projects killed off.

Evangelical groups, many of which backed Trump’s election because of abortion policy, say delivery of anti-retroviral medicines (ARVs) funded by the US has all but ground to a halt in some countries, particularly in Africa. They warn that could lead to a resurgence of Aids in parts of the world where it has been brought under control, costing millions of lives.

But other evangelical organizations and churches have been accused of staying silent in defense of what has been described as one of the most successful foreign aid programs in US history for political reasons because so many of their members support Trump.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/17/hiv-aids-pepfar-christians-trump

[walkingman]

1. BS - Evangelical groups are the primary reason we have these people in power.

These so-called concessions are nothing more than an effort for these nasty people to try and act like decent human beings.

[Wonder Why]

2. And we Evangelical groups will continue to support your destruction of the country, women's and

minority rights if you give us this one thing, Lord trump!