Anti-AIDS Program in Peril After US Finds Nurses in Mozambique Provided Abortions
PEPFAR-funded programs often help HIV-infected women have babies without the virus using antiretroviral drugs. In Mozambique, nurses are routinely trained to provide abortions because it is legal in the country but measures are taken to ensure those funded by PEPFAR do not provide them, the officials said.
Risch said in a statement that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has disclosed that funds from the $5 billion program that helps developing countries combat HIV and A ...
A U.S. aid program, PEPFAR, faces potential jeopardy following a controversy involving abortions performed by nurses in Mozambique. The program, critical in combating HIV/AIDS, has come under scrutiny ...
Republican Sen. Jim Risch says PEPFAR money paid for abortions in Mozambique. Although the CDC acknowledged money was used to pay abortion providers who weren't aware of the restrictions, it says the ...
In addition to freezing the funding, Sen. Risch has asked for an investigation into whether PEPFAR is supporting abortions.
The U.S. HIV/AIDS aid program, PEPFAR, faces scrutiny after reports of illegal abortions by nurses in Mozambique. Despite legal abortion there, PEPFAR's rules against U.S. funds for abortions have ...
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