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

The Trump administration has moved to stop the supply of lifesaving drugs for HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis in countries supported by USAID around the globe.

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.

As part of the foreign aid freeze by President Donald Trump, the U.S. distribution of HIV drugs in poor countries has been stopped.

Australian and New Zealand aid and support will be crucial in containing Fiji’s serious HIV outbreak – including combating the drug trade that is fuelling it.

The Trump administration has said that foreign assistance programs will be paused for three months as it reviews how money is being spent.

Almost 136,000 babies are expected to be born with HIV in the next three months, mostly in Africa, because of the Trump administration’s “stop work order” on foreign assistance, according to a top research foundation.

Major barriers in screening for fatty liver disease in patients with HIV included uncertainties about testing, diagnostic data insufficiency, low priority, time constraints, and referral limitations.

The Trump administration has moved to stop the supply of lifesaving drugs for HIV, malaria and tuberculosis, as well as medical supplies for newborn babies, in countries supported by USAID around the globe,

It comes as US President Donald Trump announced that his government will be halting all President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief funding (PEPFAR). PEPFAR has funded the distribution of HIV/AIDS treatment in South Africa and other countries for years. This means patients will have limited access to their medication.

“Since its bipartisan creation, PEPFAR has always been synonymous with saving lives and this waiver restores – in some part – that legacy. However, PEPFAR’s continued and uninterrupted support of all HIV treatment and prevention services must be fully restored,” IAS President Beatriz Grinsztejn said.