Pakistan, April 22 -- A senior health expert overseeing the United States' major HIV programme has resigned, openly criticising the global health policies of President Donald Trump. Mike Reid, the chief science officer of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, said he stepped down after growing concerns over funding cuts and the political use of foreign health assistance.

Reid, an infectious disease physician who worked within the United States Department of State's Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy, explained that he stayed in the role for nearly eighteen months hoping to protect critical programmes. However, he ultimately concluded that recent policy changes risked undermining long-standing international efforts t...