第3183期:Trump freezes all foreign aid for 90 days

Some South African organizations that assist people with HIV are in limbo after the United States put a 90-day freeze on most foreign aid. 在美国对大部分外援实施为期90天的冻结后，一些帮助艾滋病毒感染者的南非组织陷入了困境。

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said he wants to bring the agency's activities in line with the new government's "America First" agenda. Kate Bartlett reports from Johannesburg. 美国国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥（Marco Rubio）表示，他希望该机构的活动符合新政府的“美国优先”议程。凯特·巴特利特（Kate Bartlett）在约翰内斯堡报道。

South Africa has the highest number of HIV-positive people in the world, about 8 million, but has also been a huge success story in terms of treatment and preventing new infections. 南非是世界上艾滋病毒感染者最多的国家，约800万人，但在治疗和预防新感染方面也取得了巨大的成功。

That's largely due to the money poured into expert HIV care here, some 17 percent of which comes from a U.S. program called the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. 这在很大程度上要归功于南非投入到专业艾滋病毒治疗的资金，其中约17%来自美国的一项名为“总统防治艾滋病紧急救援计划”（PEPFAR）的计划。

But a 90-day foreign aid funding freeze is in effect, following an executive order by President Trump last month, while the State Department has issued a waiver to continue paying for "life-saving" services. 但根据特朗普总统上个月的一项行政命令，为期90天的外援资金冻结已经生效，而美国国务院已发布豁免，继续支付“救命”服务的费用。

What that includes remains unclear to many South African organizations that receive funding from PEPFAR. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this week that the waiver was clear. 对于许多接受PEPFAR资助的南非组织来说，这包括哪些内容仍不清楚。美国国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥本周表示，豁免条款很明确。

"If it saves lives, if it's emergency life-saving aid - food, medicine, whatever - they have a waiver. I don't know how much clearer we can be." “如果它能挽救生命，如果它是紧急救生援助——食品、药品，无论什么——他们都有豁免。我不知道我们还能有多清楚。”

The South African government says it was blindsided by the U.S. aid freeze, according to Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, who convened a meeting about PEPFAR on Wednesday. 南非卫生部长阿伦·莫措阿莱迪（Aaron Motsoaledi）周三召集了一次关于PEPFAR的会议，他表示，美国援助冻结令南非政府措手不及。

Motsoaledi also said he has sought clarification on the waiver. 莫措阿莱迪还表示，他已寻求对豁免条款的澄清。

"If you say American money cannot be used for LGBTQWI+ and we do the counseling and testing and somebody who falls within that category, transgender, tests HIV-positive, can they not be helped? Even if it's lifesaving?" “如果你说美国的钱不能用于LGBTQWI+，而我们进行咨询和检测，而属于该类别的某个变性人，检测出HIV阳性，难道他们就得不到帮助吗？即使这是为了救命？”

On Wednesday, a group of health organizations sent a letter to the South African government saying at least 900,000 patients with HIV were directly affected by the U.S. stop-work orders. Kate Bartlett, VOA News, Johannesburg. 周三，一些卫生组织致信南非政府，称至少有90万艾滋病患者直接受到美国停工令的影响。美国之音新闻记者凯特·巴特利特在约翰内斯堡报道。

President Trump's move to freeze most foreign aid has also brought health care services to a halt at refugee camps on the Thai-Myanmar border. Reuters correspondent Fiona Jones reports. 特朗普总统冻结大部分外援的举动也导致泰缅边境难民营的医疗服务陷入停顿。路透社记者菲奥娜·琼斯（Fiona Jones）报道。

A group of Thai medics battled to save the life of elderly Myanmar refugee Adabi. 一群泰国医务人员奋力挽救缅甸老年难民阿达比的生命。

Previously the U.S.-funded International Rescue Committee would have treated her and the tens of thousands of other refugees living in camps on the Thai-Myanmar border. 此前，美国资助的国际救援委员会将为她和生活在泰缅边境难民营的数万名其他难民提供治疗。

But President Trump's freeze on most foreign aid has forced seriously ill patients like Adabi to rely on Thailand's state-run facilities instead. 但特朗普总统冻结大部分外援，迫使像阿达比这样的重病患者转而依赖泰国国营医疗机构。

Last week, the government vowed to support refugee health care following the U.S. aid suspension. Reuters correspondent Fiona Jones. 上周，美国暂停援助后，政府誓言支持难民医疗保健。路透社记者菲奥娜·琼斯报道。