On Friday, a Trump-appointed judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle USAID and lay off thousands of workers. The judge’s ruling came hours after government workers took down USAID signage from the agency’s headquarters. Internal documents suggest the Trump administration is planning to cut the size of USAID’s staff from about 10,000 to under 300.

Global aid organizations are warning the dismantling of the aid agency could impact millions of the world’s most vulnerable people. The United Nations AIDS agency warned on Friday that more than 6 million people could die from HIV and AIDS over the next four years if PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, is not reauthorized.

Christine Stegling: “As UNAIDS, we estimate that if PEPFAR wasn’t reauthorized between 2025 and 2029, and other resources were not found for the HIV response, there would be a 400% increase in AIDS deaths. That’s 6.3 million people, 6.3 million AIDS-related deaths that will occur in the future.”

PEPFAR was founded by former President George W. Bush.