of the global AIDS response
The uncertain future of the global AIDS response
On January 24, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump halted all U.S. foreign aid, including funding for HIV services. This threw a global AIDS response built over more than two decades into immediate disarray. The administration has continued to sow chaos in the weeks and months since, allowing some services to resume, while erasing others completely.
This abrupt and ongoing disruption of HIV services is a betrayal, not just of the many millions of people whose lives depend on these programs, but of the many millions more who helped create and sustain this response. Forsaken tells their stories.
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ABOUT THIS PROJECT
Forsaken is a living archive. It is built from conversations with people living in the countries that have partnered with the United States over more than two decades to construct a global network of HIV programs.
Through their stories, Forsaken documents how the Trump administration is disrupting an unprecedented effort that has saved millions of lives. It is an attempt to hold this reality up against attempts to elide or misrepresent the true impact of Washington’s actions.
And Forsaken reports on the new future people are beginning to envision as they continue to battle HIV, now without the promise of U.S. support.
Forsaken is an independent project made possible by the support of the Alicia Patterson Foundation. To follow Forsaken as it charts the reimagining of the global AIDS response, sign up for a Substack newsletter offering regular analysis and an Instagram feed for snapshots of the latest interviews.
