A U.S. humanitarian waiver will allow people in several countries to continue accessing life-saving HIV treatments, the UNAIDS said on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump's freeze on foreign aid threatened such supplies.

The decision comes as President Donald Trump pushes for all government departments to prioritise ‘America First’.

People who are experiencing urgent humanitarian crises, and who rely on aid for food, water and healthcare, could feel U.S. cuts immediately, experts warn.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday issued a waiver that allows the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and other “life-saving humanitarian assistance” programs to continue to operate during the freeze on nearly all U.S. foreign aid spending.

The United States has told Zimbabwe to take responsibility for its people's health and urgently take over health programs it immensely contributed towards over the past years.

At least 56 senior officials in the top U.S. aid and development agency have been placed on leave amid a probe into an alleged effort to thwart President Trump's orders, reports say.

The FG has expressed commitment to intensify domestic resource mobilisation strategy towards ownership and sustainability of the HIV response

The Trump administration has ordered a three-month pause on almost all foreign development assistance pending a review to see what fits in with the president's "America First" policy. Aid groups and human rights watchdogs warn that the freeze will put countless lives around the world at risk.

“It’s bad, bad,” said one State Department official who works on the HIV program, which is called the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ... the United States’ “most successful ...

The United States Centers for Disease Control ... Much of that comes from PEPFAR, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). It was only reauthorised by Congress for one year ...

Trump’s order threatens other programs such as the Pacific American Fund, a five-year, US$35 million aid project launched in 2020, and a US$50 million Pacific Islands Microfinance Partnership announced in 2023.