Gabrielle Emanuel
Stories
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Marco Rubio said no one has died due to U.S. aid cuts. This mom disagrees
Mariam Mohammed says her younger son died when she could not get treatment for him at a U.S.-funded clinic that had temporarily closed. Researchers say that are many thousands of cases like his.
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Aid groups say USAID cuts are already having deadly consequences
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at a hearing last week that no one has died from USAID cuts. But aid groups say abruptly shutting down those programs is having deadly consequences.
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US suspends health aid to Zambia
In a dramatic press briefing, a US ambassador sheds tears as he tells the government of Zambia that theft of US donated medicines is forcing him to suspend health aid to the country.
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What Trump's first 100 days has meant for these truck drivers and sex workers
In Zambia, truck drivers and sex workers have high rates of being HIV positive —- and are at high risk of contracting the virus. Here's how they have been affected by the administration's policies.
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Zambians living with HIV struggle to find medication following U.S. foreign aid cuts
The Trump administration maintains that HIV meds have survived foreign aid cuts. In Zambia, as in other countries, people are struggling to find pills and risk getting sick without medication.
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The head of Africa CDC thought news of a U.S. aid freeze must be 'a joke.' Now what?
Dr. Jean Kaseya is now figuring out how to cope with the new foreign aid landscape.
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New study shows impact of foreign aid cuts on HIV/Aids treatment
Study in the Lancet finds that with US and European cuts to foreign assistance programs the provide AIDS treatments and medicines there will be millions of news cases and deaths from AIDS in the coming years. Reporter: Emanuel; Editor: Davis
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U.S. cuts funding for global network testing for measles as cases grow worldwide
The U.S.-funded Global Measles and Rubella Laboratory Network operates in 150 countries, detecting and controlling measles. Now it's lost its sole funder as part of the U.S. aid cutbacks.
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What's been learned about disease monitoring from the COVID pandemic
Are we more prepared to detect the start of a possible pandemic than we were in 2020? Some things have gotten better, and some worse.
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Health clinic in Ethiopia has been unable to get drugs to HIV positive kids for weeks
In court in Washington, D.C., a judge has ordered the Trump administration to release millions of dollars in frozen foreign aid. And there are supposed to be waivers for "life saving humanitarian assistance" like HIV medications..... But thousands of miles away, some HIV aid groups says the waivers are not working and funds are not flowing. We look at one group in Ethiopia that helps HIV-positive kids who have been off their meds for weeks -- with no waiver or funding yet (as of Wednesday AM). They feel like they are living with a ticking time bomb. Reporter: Gabrielle Emanuel. Radio editor: Rebecca Davis. Digital editor: Marc Silver. Airing on ATC on Wednesday, Feb. 26 and posting digital Thursday morning, Feb. 27.
