One local Haitian organization, formerly funded through PEPFAR, helped LGBT people living with HIV who had been displaced by gang violence to access HIV treatment sites after they had been forced to leave their homes and disconnected from their initial treatment centres. This work has ended and many of the staff trained through PEPFAR to provide friendly health care services for LGBT people and sex workers have been let go.

Date: 5/25

Region: Latin America & Caribbean

Country: Haiti

Topic: Health

Policy Lens: Global Health Security

Additional Context: These cuts have left key populations without specialized healthcare and further exposes them to stigma and discrimination. These experiences create significant barriers in access to services which undermines the HIV response at the population level.

This information can be found in Amnesty International's report "Lives at Risk: Chaotic and Abrupt Cuts to Foreign Aid Put Millions of Lives at Risk." The analysis is principally based on public documents, including court filings and executive orders, news and civil society reports, and legal frameworks carried out between January and May 2025. The authors also conducted 43 interviews, and integrated ongoing communication with NGOs, international organizations, public health specialists, and aid workers.

Source: Amnesty International