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The United States government has approved an “emergency humanitarian waiver” to support US-funded HIV treatment in 55 countries, including Nigeria.
US President Donald Trump recently ordered a funding pause for HIV treatment in developing countries as part of an executive order on foreign aid.
As a result, the US department of state suspended the disbursement of funds from the president’s emergency plan for AIDS relief (PEPFAR).
PEPFAR is providing HIV treatment for more than 20 million people living with the disease in Nigeria and globally, including 566,000 children under 15 years of age.
But the joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS in a statement on Wednesday said the US government approved a waiver that allows people living with HIV to continue accessing treatment.
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