The State Department issued a waiver for lifesaving aid, but HIV clinics remain shut and uncertainty lingers over the future of PEPFAR, which has saved 25 million lives.

Uganda sought to dispel fears among HIV patients that a US aid freeze will interrupt treatment and promised that such programs will continue.

Director General of Africa CDC Dr. Jean Kaseya says he hopes the U.S. considers exemptions to President Trump’s announced 90-day funding freeze, to ensure critical delivery of emergency aid aimed at preventing disease outbreaks and saving lives.

A legally contested executive order on foreign aid did, at least initially, halt the distribution of life-saving HIV drugs.

The Trump administration has made some concessions to the halt placed on distributions of global HIV treatments via the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), according to The New York Times.