it's an uncomfortable truth for some people that the United States ever did anything beneficial
fuck Dubya, but PEPFAR was a good program
fuck Dubya, but PEPFAR was a good program
February 13, 2026 at 10:43 PM
it's an uncomfortable truth for some people that the United States ever did anything beneficial
fuck Dubya, but PEPFAR was a good program
fuck Dubya, but PEPFAR was a good program
The end of the PEPFAR-funded DREAMS program cut off HIV-prevention support for millions of girls across sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, health experts warn the consequences are already visible.
Life after DREAMS: Kenya’s girls navigate HIV risk without US support
Life after DREAMS: Kenya’s girls navigate HIV risk without US support
www.devex.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:17 PM
The end of the PEPFAR-funded DREAMS program cut off HIV-prevention support for millions of girls across sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, health experts warn the consequences are already visible.
I’m still reeling from wreckage of USAID and PEPFAR. Foreign Aid had 3 purposes: soft power to prevent nations from falling into communism, a place for American farmers to sell their crops, and common decency. Now nations are falling to Chinese influence: guess what? COMMUNISM! 1/
February 13, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I’m still reeling from wreckage of USAID and PEPFAR. Foreign Aid had 3 purposes: soft power to prevent nations from falling into communism, a place for American farmers to sell their crops, and common decency. Now nations are falling to Chinese influence: guess what? COMMUNISM! 1/
The Council for Global Equality and Physicians for Human Rights sued the State Department after repeated delays in releasing PEPFAR data. Advocates say missing records undermine efforts to track HIV care and funding gaps.
FOIA lawsuit filed against State Department for PEPFAR records - Watermark Out News
The Council for Global Equality and Physicians for Human Rights have filed a lawsuit against the State Department for PEPFAR-related data.
watermarkoutnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:15 PM
The Council for Global Equality and Physicians for Human Rights sued the State Department after repeated delays in releasing PEPFAR data. Advocates say missing records undermine efforts to track HIV care and funding gaps.
Its horrific beyond my ability to actually grasp easily. While I didn't expect much from Bush, I would have thought something like killing PEPFAR would have gotten him off his ass at some point too.
February 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Its horrific beyond my ability to actually grasp easily. While I didn't expect much from Bush, I would have thought something like killing PEPFAR would have gotten him off his ass at some point too.
It's amazing to me that although Bush & others' Middle East interventions may have led to about 4 million deaths over 20 years, the number of lives saved by Bush's PEPFAR eclipses that at around 18 million in about the same time.
costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/costs/human
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/costs/human
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
February 13, 2026 at 8:38 AM
It's amazing to me that although Bush & others' Middle East interventions may have led to about 4 million deaths over 20 years, the number of lives saved by Bush's PEPFAR eclipses that at around 18 million in about the same time.
costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/costs/human
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/costs/human
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
On abordera aussi Pepfar et les décisions de Trump qui pourraient entraîner la mort de millions de personnes, principalement en Afrique subsaharienne.
February 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
On abordera aussi Pepfar et les décisions de Trump qui pourraient entraîner la mort de millions de personnes, principalement en Afrique subsaharienne.
USAID no longer exists. It is awful. Its remnants (not much by then) were dissolved and absorbed into the State Dept. Its operations ceased by July 1, 2025.
In 2029, we'll want to restore PEPFAR and other former USAID efforts. But that will be from scratch. We'll have to decide how to do it.
In 2029, we'll want to restore PEPFAR and other former USAID efforts. But that will be from scratch. We'll have to decide how to do it.
February 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
USAID no longer exists. It is awful. Its remnants (not much by then) were dissolved and absorbed into the State Dept. Its operations ceased by July 1, 2025.
In 2029, we'll want to restore PEPFAR and other former USAID efforts. But that will be from scratch. We'll have to decide how to do it.
In 2029, we'll want to restore PEPFAR and other former USAID efforts. But that will be from scratch. We'll have to decide how to do it.
Sustaining Rwanda's #HIV response after elimination of #PEPFAR funding: a modelling analysis of HIV epidemic and care continuum outcomes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (open access)
<em>Journal of the International AIDS Society</em> | IAS HIV Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
Introduction HIV prevention and treatment supported by the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) have saved millions of lives. Rwanda is among the most successful countri...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Sustaining Rwanda's #HIV response after elimination of #PEPFAR funding: a modelling analysis of HIV epidemic and care continuum outcomes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (open access)
By Slashing Foreign Aid, Trump Is Fueling the Spread of HIV in Uganda
For years, sex workers and public health workers in Uganda say condoms and sexual lubricant were plentiful. Usually paid for by American foreign aid programs such as USAID and PEPFAR.
tinyurl.com/dOvrF9
For years, sex workers and public health workers in Uganda say condoms and sexual lubricant were plentiful. Usually paid for by American foreign aid programs such as USAID and PEPFAR.
tinyurl.com/dOvrF9
By Slashing Foreign Aid, Trump Is Fueling the Spread of HIV in Uganda
Reporting from Uganda, The Intercept saw how Trump’s effort to slash foreign aid is encouraging the transmission of HIV.
tinyurl.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:36 PM
By Slashing Foreign Aid, Trump Is Fueling the Spread of HIV in Uganda
For years, sex workers and public health workers in Uganda say condoms and sexual lubricant were plentiful. Usually paid for by American foreign aid programs such as USAID and PEPFAR.
tinyurl.com/dOvrF9
For years, sex workers and public health workers in Uganda say condoms and sexual lubricant were plentiful. Usually paid for by American foreign aid programs such as USAID and PEPFAR.
tinyurl.com/dOvrF9
I first met her when she was trying to defeat a federal ban on sex workers' orgs receiving PEPFAR funding, in 2012—she was one of the very few then, too
February 11, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I first met her when she was trying to defeat a federal ban on sex workers' orgs receiving PEPFAR funding, in 2012—she was one of the very few then, too
We're suing the State Department to demand it release critical data about PEPFAR – the lifesaving global AIDS relief program.
After years of routinely releasing this data, the Trump-Vance admin slammed the door shut on transparency. We will uncover the truth in court.
After years of routinely releasing this data, the Trump-Vance admin slammed the door shut on transparency. We will uncover the truth in court.
February 11, 2026 at 7:51 PM
We're suing the State Department to demand it release critical data about PEPFAR – the lifesaving global AIDS relief program.
After years of routinely releasing this data, the Trump-Vance admin slammed the door shut on transparency. We will uncover the truth in court.
After years of routinely releasing this data, the Trump-Vance admin slammed the door shut on transparency. We will uncover the truth in court.
I say "Americans" there because thousands upon thousands are already dead or doomed because of the destruction of USAID and PEPFAR but these are going to be air disasters, chemical releases, food safety disasters, claiming lives HERE of people even these shitheads agree are people.
February 11, 2026 at 3:03 PM
I say "Americans" there because thousands upon thousands are already dead or doomed because of the destruction of USAID and PEPFAR but these are going to be air disasters, chemical releases, food safety disasters, claiming lives HERE of people even these shitheads agree are people.
Open Access UCL Research: Protecting Africa's children from extreme risk: a runway of sustainability for PEPFAR programmes discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
Protecting Africa's children from extreme risk: a runway of sustainability for PEPFAR programmes
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February 11, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Open Access UCL Research: Protecting Africa's children from extreme risk: a runway of sustainability for PEPFAR programmes discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
(4/5) When USAID was axed, many feared catastrophic reversals in the global HIV fight
But a year later, US HIV funding has come back “big and bold”, Ms Achrekar told the podcast, with billions restored via PEPFAR and the Global Fund
But a year later, US HIV funding has come back “big and bold”, Ms Achrekar told the podcast, with billions restored via PEPFAR and the Global Fund
February 11, 2026 at 12:45 PM
(4/5) When USAID was axed, many feared catastrophic reversals in the global HIV fight
But a year later, US HIV funding has come back “big and bold”, Ms Achrekar told the podcast, with billions restored via PEPFAR and the Global Fund
But a year later, US HIV funding has come back “big and bold”, Ms Achrekar told the podcast, with billions restored via PEPFAR and the Global Fund
History is full of contradictions. GW Bush started the atrocity that was the Iraq War. He authorized torture and bungled Katrina. But he started PEPFAR, saving tens of millions of lives.
With Trump, there are no contradictions. It's bloody-mindedness, cruelty, and death all the way down. The worst.
With Trump, there are no contradictions. It's bloody-mindedness, cruelty, and death all the way down. The worst.
That the illegal destruction of USAID will kill more than *20 million people* in the next five years, & has ALREADY KILLED 600,000 in just one year, is a world-historical crime that Americans aren't being told about in the terms & with the repetition necessary for them to believe it.
February 11, 2026 at 1:39 AM
History is full of contradictions. GW Bush started the atrocity that was the Iraq War. He authorized torture and bungled Katrina. But he started PEPFAR, saving tens of millions of lives.
With Trump, there are no contradictions. It's bloody-mindedness, cruelty, and death all the way down. The worst.
With Trump, there are no contradictions. It's bloody-mindedness, cruelty, and death all the way down. The worst.
Legal aid is atupid and should have been the thing the trump adminsitration worked to get rid of instead of getting rid of pepfar and usaid
February 11, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Legal aid is atupid and should have been the thing the trump adminsitration worked to get rid of instead of getting rid of pepfar and usaid
Bush was an abject monster, but even he did legitimately 3 good things.
1) PEPFAR
2) Embracing a Yale classmate after she transitioned
3) That shoe dodge was actually pretty good ok
Trump has done zero good things.
1) PEPFAR
2) Embracing a Yale classmate after she transitioned
3) That shoe dodge was actually pretty good ok
Trump has done zero good things.
February 10, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Bush was an abject monster, but even he did legitimately 3 good things.
1) PEPFAR
2) Embracing a Yale classmate after she transitioned
3) That shoe dodge was actually pretty good ok
Trump has done zero good things.
1) PEPFAR
2) Embracing a Yale classmate after she transitioned
3) That shoe dodge was actually pretty good ok
Trump has done zero good things.
Blitz but after WWII, the Marshall plan is what stabilized Britain, prevented famine and restarted the economy.
The US is the largest humanitarian donor in the world, PEPFAR alone saved 25 million lives,we are the ones who put in the most for vaccines, pharmaceutical research and innovations to
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The US is the largest humanitarian donor in the world, PEPFAR alone saved 25 million lives,we are the ones who put in the most for vaccines, pharmaceutical research and innovations to
(2
February 10, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Blitz but after WWII, the Marshall plan is what stabilized Britain, prevented famine and restarted the economy.
The US is the largest humanitarian donor in the world, PEPFAR alone saved 25 million lives,we are the ones who put in the most for vaccines, pharmaceutical research and innovations to
(2
The US is the largest humanitarian donor in the world, PEPFAR alone saved 25 million lives,we are the ones who put in the most for vaccines, pharmaceutical research and innovations to
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Anyone else remember a John Oliver segment (old Daily Show?) where he's wrestling with realizing that George Bush had done something *good* (even saying the word was hard) for Africa with PEPFAR & whatnot? He was later comforted by watching silly-looking footage of Bush dancing like this.
A lot of people made fun of Bush dancing with the West African Dance Company—and sure, it's funny—but this was good.
Middle aged white guy unfamiliar with something culturally nonwhite recognizes it's a happy, fun celebration, and welcomes it, participating though awkward.
That was much better.
Middle aged white guy unfamiliar with something culturally nonwhite recognizes it's a happy, fun celebration, and welcomes it, participating though awkward.
That was much better.
a man in a suit and tie is dancing in front of a group of flags
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is dancing in front of a group of flags
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Anyone else remember a John Oliver segment (old Daily Show?) where he's wrestling with realizing that George Bush had done something *good* (even saying the word was hard) for Africa with PEPFAR & whatnot? He was later comforted by watching silly-looking footage of Bush dancing like this.
Yeah, PEPFAR was genuinely amazing
February 10, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Yeah, PEPFAR was genuinely amazing
Additionally, PEPFAR seems to have been a genuinely good program that saved or changed the lives of millions of people, probably to little electoral benefit.
It doesn’t undo harms he did, but it’s still worth appreciating.
It doesn’t undo harms he did, but it’s still worth appreciating.
February 10, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Additionally, PEPFAR seems to have been a genuinely good program that saved or changed the lives of millions of people, probably to little electoral benefit.
It doesn’t undo harms he did, but it’s still worth appreciating.
It doesn’t undo harms he did, but it’s still worth appreciating.
PEPFAR was his administration’s greatest accomplishment, hands down. He got treated (rightfully so) like a rock star when he visited the continent.
We can - and will - lead the world by example and enjoy the world’s community again.
After this administration is in the dustbin of history…
We can - and will - lead the world by example and enjoy the world’s community again.
After this administration is in the dustbin of history…
February 10, 2026 at 5:37 PM
PEPFAR was his administration’s greatest accomplishment, hands down. He got treated (rightfully so) like a rock star when he visited the continent.
We can - and will - lead the world by example and enjoy the world’s community again.
After this administration is in the dustbin of history…
We can - and will - lead the world by example and enjoy the world’s community again.
After this administration is in the dustbin of history…
*sigh* As an anti-war & good government person, I do have to give GWB props on helping to stave off the spread of AIDs in Africa through PEPFAR.
February 10, 2026 at 5:31 PM
*sigh* As an anti-war & good government person, I do have to give GWB props on helping to stave off the spread of AIDs in Africa through PEPFAR.
PEPFAR was Bush's redemption arc.
February 10, 2026 at 5:18 PM
PEPFAR was Bush's redemption arc.