Patty Murray: “In Zambia, babies born to HIV positive moms used to be…”

“I want to talk about global health. The stakes of life and death are here under global health PEPFAR supported testing reaching nearly 5 million fewer people than the year before. In Zambia, babies born to HIV positive moms used to be tested within hours of birth and treatment started immediately for positive cases. Now babies are not being even tested until they're six weeks old. So you're not just cutting resources that I just referenced. You are actually cutting the United States out of the conversation on global health threats and leaving all of us less prepared.” (04:22–04:37)

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