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PEPFAR HIV services partially restored by waiver after aid freeze

Limited 'life-saving' HIV services resumed; many PEPFAR activities stayed suspended

Original action

A stop-work order on foreign aid halted PEPFAR operations, sending clinic staff home and cutting off distribution of U.S.-funded antiretrovirals.

  • State Department / USAID
  • PEPFAR

Reversal

The administration issued a limited waiver for 'life-saving humanitarian assistance,' allowing certain PEPFAR HIV treatment, PMTCT, PrEP for pregnant women, and testing services to resume.

  • Mechanism: administrative-action

Notes

The waiver narrowly defined eligible services; programs for adolescent girls, orphans and vulnerable children remained suspended.

Added 2026-06-18 · Updated 2026-06-18