Top Media Moments
Who will tell the story?
Throughout 2025, EGPAF worked closely with journalists and media houses across the world to tell the story of the foreign aid cuts and the fight against pediatric HIV. Our experts, leaders, and clients acted as expert sources in a period of vast misinformation and confusion.
As we reflect on the year, we are looking back at some of our favorite media interviews and stories.
Emergency Food, TB Tests and H.I.V. Drugs: Vital Health Aid Remains Frozen Despite Court Ruling
As the US government issued lifesaving waivers, the aid freeze continued to impact work for organizations like EGPAF. Trish Karlin spoke to Stephanie Nolan, the Times’ Global Health reporter, about EGPAF’s experience.
“A whole new level of cruelty”: Health experts decry “devastating” cuts to HIV treatment programs
Following the termination of three USAID projects, EGPAF’s Anja Giphart spoke to Charles R. Davis at Salon, about what it all meant. Giphart walked the reporter through what lifesaving services are and what is at risk if the terminations stand.
The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway.
ProPublica investigated the abrupt cancellation of USAID programs once deemed lifesaving, highlighting EGPAF’s work and including Dr. Anja Giphart’s perspective on how the cuts threatened continuity of HIV treatment and care for vulnerable communities.
The truth about ‘condoms for Gaza’: DOGE canceled $33 million USAID contract treating 350,000 HIV patients
One of the most viral misinformation stories during this period was surrounding condoms in Gaza. EGPAF’s Trish Karlin spoke to Fortune about our HIV prevention programs in Gaza, Mozambique.
Hearing on the President ‘s Emergency Plan for Global AIDS Program
Streamed live on C-SPAN, EGPAF’s Catherine Connor addressed the House Appropriations Committee subcommittee about the role of PEPFAR and the impact of this historically bipartisan program.
After 100 days, the toll of Trump’s foreign aid cuts has begun to sink in
100 days into the foreign aid cuts, EGPAF’s Caspian Chourya and Catherine Connor spoke to the Post about the impacts on our PEPFAR-supported programs in Tanzania, Eswatini, and Lesotho.
Aid Cuts Could Disrupt Historic Drops in Child and Maternal Mortality
EGPAF’s Catherine Connor spoke to Christianity Today, about the PEPFAR cuts and how programs like the Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) support systems were saving children’s lives.
Africa’s healthcare faces crisis after Trump’s aid cuts
Dr. Doris Macharia spoke to France24 on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly about the US aid cuts and their impact on people in Africa and the healthcare systems they rely on.
Left Behind: In Lesotho and Eswatini, U.S. budget cuts threaten to wipe out years of progress against HIV
Jon Cohen traveled to Lesotho to Eswatini to talk to EGPAF staff and clients about how the foreign aid cuts were impacting the fight against HIV.
The tiny African nation of Lesotho had victories in its HIV fight. Then, the US aid cuts came
EGPAF’s Catherine Connor spoke to AP about how the foreign cuts put children's lives at risk.
Despite ‘chaos,’ EGPAF maintains focus on ending pediatric AIDS
EGPAF’s president Dr. Doris Macharia spoke to Devex after a year of disruption on how the Foundation is remaining focused on our mission.
Catalysing integrated sustainable responses to end AIDS, TB & malaria
On the sidelines of ICASA 2025, the largest HIV/AIDS conference in Africa, Dr. Doris Macharia joined Power Lunch East Africa, to discuss the future of the HIV response on the continent.
