Haiti health officials meet to discuss shortage of HIV/AIDS medication

Africanews (in English)

Haiti health officials meet to discuss shortage of HIV/AIDS medication  The reduced stock is a result of aid cuts implemented by US President Donald Trump’s administration.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/05/28/haiti-health-officials-meet-to-discuss-shortage-of-hivaids-medication  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

Transcript

00:00Health officials and representatives from various organizations met in Haiti's capital on Monday

00:06to discuss the shortage of life-saving HIV AIDS medication.

00:10They assured people that the scarcity would be resolved.

00:16We want the population to know that we will get medicine and there will never be a shortage of stock in the country.

00:22This will not happen because there will be a shortage of antiretroviral stocks in the country.

00:27We are exploring many avenues for solutions.

00:30They are in peace, the solution.

00:33He said the finance ministry would study the use of state funds to restock hospitals and pharmacies.

00:40Haiti says it has enough HIV medication to last until the end of the year,

00:44but people working at clinics fear it could run out by July.

00:48The shortage is a result of AIDS cuts implemented by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.

00:53Monday's meeting came following protests last week by dozens of Haitians living with HIV

00:58who defied stigmas about the virus to publicly denounce the U.S. aid cuts.

Category

Transcript

Recommended