USAID staff who still have access to his email accounts received an opinion on Monday evening from Ken Jackson, the assistant of the Administrator Agency for Management and Resources, saying that the agency “would suffer Probably a reorganization ”and would be integrated into the State Department. “While we assess USAID and we ensure that it aligns with a first program in America, the administration of President Trump and the efforts of the State Department, we will focus on the guarantee of each dollar of Agency that provides targeted and results-based assistance “, L’Email READ.
In countries like Zambia, Nigeria, Haiti and Mozambique, medical equipment ranging from antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV to prophylaxis and pre-exposed condoms which can prevent the transmission of the disease are currently seated in Limbo, according to the same USAID worker who warned of a drastic increase in the number of children living with HIV. Aid is not able to reach its destinations because the USAID workers responsible for logistics have been put on administrative leave.
“When a baby was born, you do a first infant diagnostic test, and if it comes back positive, you can blitz with retrovirals, but you cannot do it if you don’t have retrovirals,” said The same worker in the USAID. “It’s an absolute disaster.”
In Haiti, a worker has confirmed that USAID HIV / AIDS drugs remain inaccessible. “We can’t touch the medication,” they say. “Everything is pending.” The worker added that no one from Usaid had answered his phone calls for days.
“The Trump administration plays with tens of millions of people, and Haiti is only a consecutive example of this in our hemisphere,” said Asia Russell, executive director of the International Health Group of the HIV Defense Group.
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Although the PEPFAR is the best known HIV / AIDS program implemented by USAID, the agency has a certain number of additional projects devoted to the issue. A current USAID worker whose research focuses on prophylactic devices mainly for women in sub -Saharan Africa says that their work has also been interrupted. They say that the members of their team were suddenly cut off from their work emails this afternoon. “We have not yet asked for a humanitarian renunciation,” they say. “We don’t even have a way to contact him.”
Democratic legislators and dozens of USAID employees protested in front of the Ronald Reagan building in Washington, DC on Monday after their refusal, access to the USAID offices. “This illegal and unconstitutional interference in the power of the congress threatens lives all over the world”, ” said Representative of Maryland Jamie Raskin.
A current USAID employee shared an email with Wired they received from the agency on Monday evening, informing them that the buildings of USAID in Washington will remain closed tomorrow. “We will continue to provide other updates as they become available,” said the email. “Thank you for your cooperation.”