there was a "failure to be transparent", it was not "sufficiently unreasonable or improper" to constitute misconduct.
Eight countries - six of them in Africa, including Nigeria, Kenya and Lesotho - could soon run out of HIV drugs following the US government's recent decision to pause foreign aid, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said.US President Donald Trump announced the freeze on his first day in office in January as part of a review into government spending.
"Disruptions to HIV programmes could undo 20 years of progress," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned.It could also lead to more than 10 million additional cases of HIV and three million HIV-related deaths, he added, noting this was "more than triple the number of deaths last year".Nigeria, Kenya, Lesotho, South Sudan, Burkina Faso and Mali - as well as Haiti and Ukraine - would run out of live-saving anti-retroviral (ARV) medicines in the coming months, Dr Tedros said at
Trump's executive order paused foreign aid support for an initial duration of 90 days in line with his "America First" foreign policy.It has affected health programmes around the world, leaving shipments of critical medical supplies, including HIV drugs, greatly hampered.
The majority of the US Agency for International Development's (USAID) programmes
Despite a waiver issued in February for the US's ground-breaking HIV programme, its work has severely impacted.The DoH accepts there is more to be done.
"Through our Plan for Change, we are transforming the NHS, training thousands more midwives and have set an explicit target to close the Black and Asian maternal mortality gap," it said.Ms Clarke said: "The campaign is not over and I am very unhappy that they have not adopted all of our recommendations".
A rural farm shop and cafe in a West Yorkshire village has been given permission to operate after years of haggling with planning chiefs.The Joyful Deli in Addingham, Ilkley, had previously been refused consent by Bradford Council following a dispute over highways issues.