Gay men in Africa are blaming President Trump's decision to cut funding for
HIV/AIDS prevention for their diagnoses of the virus.
The administration's sweeping cuts to
foreign aid have reduced access to medications like Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, or PrEP, which decreases the risk of contracting HIV by 99 percent.
Emmanuel Cherem, 25, a gay men in
Nigeria, told
Reuters that he tested positive for HIV two months after losing access to the US-supplied drug.
'I blame myself... Taking care of myself is my first duty as a person,' he said.
'I equally blame the Trump administration because, you know, these things were available, and then, without prior notice, these things were cut off.'
