USAID staff who still have access to their e -mail accounts received a notification from Ken Jackson on Monday evening, the assistant of the Bureau for the Management and Resources Administrator, and said that the agency “would probably undergo a reorganization” and in the ministry Foreign Affairs is integrated. “While we evaluate USAID and ensure that it is in accordance with an initial agenda of America, President Trump administration and the efforts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we will focus on the fact that every desk-dollar and results are a result provides help “, reading the e-mail.
In countries such as Zambia, Nigeria, Haiti and Mozambique, medical equipment ranging from antiretroviral drugs for the treatment from HIV to pre-exposing prophylaxis and condoms that can prevent transfer of the disease, according to the same USAID employee who warned of a drastic increase in the Number of children who live with HIV. The help cannot reach destinations because the USAID employees who are charged with logistics are placed with administrative leave.
“When a baby is born, do an early diagnostic test for babies, and if it comes back positively, you can blitz with retroviral means, but you can't do that if you don't have retroviral means,” says the same USAID employee. “It's an absolute disaster.”
In Haiti, a care provider confirmed that HIV/AIDS medication from USAID remains inaccessible. “We can't touch the medication,” they say. “Everything is on hold.” The employee added that none of USAID had answered their phone calls for days.
“The Trump government plays with tens of millions of people, and Haiti is only one consistent example of that on our hemisphere,” says Asia Russell, the executive director of the International Hiv Advocacy Group Health Gap.
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Although Pepfar is the most famous HIV/AIDS program that has been implemented by USAID, the agency has a number of extra projects devoted to the issue. A current USAID employee whose research focuses on prophylactic devices, mainly for women in Africa Bezuiden de Sahara, says that their work has also been interrupted. They say that members of their team are abruptly cut off from their work emails this afternoon. “We had not yet applied for a humanitarian exemption,” they say. “We don't even have a way to contact.”
Democratic legislators and dozens of USAID employees protested Monday before the Ronald Reagan building in Washington, DC after they had been denied access to the offices of USAID. “This illegal, unconstitutional interference with conference power threatens lives around the world,” said Maryland representative Jamie Raskin.
A current USAID employee shared an e -mail with Wired that they received from the desk on Monday evening, and inquired that USAID buildings in Washington will remain closed tomorrow. “We will continue to offer further updates as soon as they become available,” is the e -mail. “Thank you for your cooperation.”
