But for the dramatic events in Washington, DC, AbulMumini Isah and his team would have been plodding through the dusty streets of Northern Nigeria right now on a field study aimed at improving HIV treatment across the country.
This work, which is trying to confirm the usefulness of an innovative form of HIV care, was launched three years ago by Georgetown Global Health Nigeria, a leading partner of the US Agency for International Development in the country. But as a result of the USAID stop-work order issued by President Donald Trump, that research has been halted, says Isah,