A State Department audit found that only 40% of the $110 billion the United States has invested in global HIV/AIDS prevention since 2003 was used for on-the-ground delivery of lifesaving medical supplies, The Washington Free Beacon reported on Thursday.
According to a State Department audit obtained by the outlet, nearly 60% of U.S. funding was consumed by overhead costs, high executive salaries, and, in some cases, programs such as a “Transgender Day of Remembrance” and a “decolonizing development series.”
The State Department announced last week that it will realign its foreign health efforts through a new initiative called the America First Global Health Strategy. Under the plan, multiyear bilateral agreements with recipient countries will tie aid to negotiated terms, which officials say will curb waste and better serve U.S. priorities.
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