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People with HIV go hungry as Gauteng government cuts funds

Hundreds of people protested last week about Gauteng government funding cuts. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro By Joseph Bracken and Kimberly... Read more

28 Jun

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Government still has no plan to replace US HIV funding. Health organisations are demanding action

In 2024 the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) provided about R7.5-billion in funding for health programmes... Read more

26 Jun

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Lesotho’s health system has been decimated by US funding cuts

The Ministry of Health’s headquarters in Maseru, Lesotho. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi By Sechaba Mokhethi Despite previous assurances by Lesotho’s... Read more

2 Jun

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HIV activists urge Parliament to respond to PEPFAR cuts

On Thursday, the Portfolio Committee on Health heard from members of the Global HIV Treatment Coalition who outlined the... Read more

24 May

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Open letter to Minister Aaron Motsoaledi: Please explain the HIV numbers

Anna Grimsrud, Sibongile Tshabalala-Madhlala, and CHANGE South Africa Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi’s recent claim that over half... Read more

21 May

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WATCH | SA seeks new HIV funding as Motsoaledi declares ‘Trump owes us nothing’

Cape Town – The South African government has begun urgent discussions with local and international funding organisations to address... Read more

7 Mar

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‘We were told to stop everything immediately’: Lesotho HIV programmes collapse after USAID decision

On Friday the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation announced the termination of three USAID agreements covering HIV programs in... Read more

6 Mar

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Our HIV response will collapse without US funding – unless we act urgently

Sign outside a clinic in Johannesburg that has closed because US aid has been stopped. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee By... Read more

4 Mar

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‘Unreliable partner’: South Africa’s HIV clinics scramble over US aid freeze

Johannesburg — The gates at a Johannesburg LGBTQ clinic called OUT have been closed for more than a week... Read more

4 Feb

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SA in crisis as Trump halts key HIV funding

Cape Town — US President Donald Trump’s decision to halt the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) has... Read more

29 Jan