‘I don’t want my boy to be positive’: pregnant women face sky-high viral loads as cuts hit HIV care in Africa – Net News 1

US funding cuts devastate HIV prevention efforts in South Africa township

ORANGE FARM, South Africa – Rose Thamae was once able to employ 30 people in the men’s division of Let Us Grow, a community organization she founded in 1996 to provide support for human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV positive people, and domestic violence survivors living in Orange Farm.  Today, only 15 remain. The program’s funding is diminished as a result of the Trump administration’s January 2025 cuts to U.S. foreign aid programs, including …

Government applauded for HIV combat efforts amid US cuts - Juta MedicalBrief

South Africa’s efforts to maintain its fight against HIV-Aids, despite the massive funding cuts from the United States, have been acknowledged by United Nations under-secretary general and UNAids executive director Winnie Byanyima, who visited the country last week. However, Byanyima conceded that the withdrawal of the nearly $8bn in funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar) for local HIV/Aids organisations would prese…

‘I don’t want my boy to be positive’: pregnant women face sky-high viral loads as cuts hit HIV care in Africa – Net News 1

ICYMI: As the withdrawal of US funding disrupts treatment and halts crucial research in South Africa, clinics fear the resurgence…