Criticism of US foreign health policy, White House AIDS project advisor resigns.

A White House adviser responsible for AIDS-related foreign aid projects in the United States said on the 21st that he resigned after criticizing the Trump administration for using aid as leverage to obtain commercial benefits from developing countries. According to Reuters, the adviser is Dr. Mike Reed, the chief scientist of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief at the US Agency for Global Health Security and Diplomacy, and is a practicing infectious disease physician. On the 20th, he posted on social media, citing a report in The New York Times last month, criticizing the United States for using overseas health aid project funds as a tool of coercion in dealings with developing countries. The report said that the State Department is considering suspending aid to AIDS patients in Zambia to force the country to agree to a key minerals agreement favorable to the United States.