A scathing report by the acting Inspector General of USAID, the agency almost completely

dismantled in the first weeks of this Trump administration, says thousands of tons of food

set to ship are liable to spoil, and that more than $8 billion in money yet to be dispersed

now has no oversight nor personnel to put it to use. It also says

an exception for some life-saving aid is leading to confusion. The same is true for an initiative

started 20 years ago under another Republican president, George W. Bush, fighting HIV and AIDS

around the world. Stephanie Sy has that story.

The Bush initiative is called PEPFAR or president's emergency plan for AIDS relief. It was the largest health commitment ever made by a nation to combat a single disease. It has saved

25 million lives. But the Trump administration's cuts in foreign aid has thrown this

initiative into a tailspin. A few days after the White House announced it was pausing foreign aid

for 90 days, the State Department granted a waiver that allows the continuation of life-saving

HIV treatment. But global health advocates say the waivers are not

being implemented adequately and don't address prevention efforts. With me to discuss this shift in

HIV funding is Anjali Ashrakar, a deputy executive director at UN AIDS, which helps coordinate the global fight against AIDS

and provide services in 55 countries.

Anjali, thank you so much for joining the NewsHour.

I want to start with who is being the worst impacted by this foreign aid freeze when it comes

to the global fight against HIV AIDS. The people that are most impacted by this foreign aid freeze when it comes to the global fight against HIV AIDS.

The people that are most impacted by this freeze, by this pause,

are the people served at the country level in the communities.

The 20.6 million people that PEPFAR supports on life-saving treatment.

Those are the people that we're talking about. These include mothers,

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