US EditionSouth Africa’s most vulnerable struggle to find HIV medication after US aid cuts
Cuts in U.S. aid forced closure of 12 clinics treating over 63,000 South Africans, causing medication shortages and increased illegal drug purchases, raising infection and death risks.
- South Africa, with the highest number of people living with HIV, is struggling to treat its most vulnerable after the US cut around $427 million in foreign aid for HIV services.
- Over 63,000 people were being treated in the 12 clinics across the nation that shut down due to the aid cuts, and up to 220,000 people faced disruption to their daily HIV medication.
- Experts warn of hundreds of thousands of new HIV infections and tens of thousands of additional deaths in South Africa in the next few years if the cuts are not restored or covered by other means.
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South Africa’s most vulnerable struggle to find HIV medication after U.S. aid cuts
On a warm evening in Johannesburg, the news spread like wildfire among sex workers: Within 24 hours, several nonprofit clinics providing free HIV services would be closing as U.S. President Donald Trump announced the United States was slashing foreign aid.
S. Africa most vulnerable struggle for HIV meds after US aid cuts
JOHANNESBURG — On a warm evening in Johannesburg, the news spread like wildfire among sex workers: Within 24 hours, several nonprofit clinics providing free HIV services would be closing as President Donald Trump announced the United States was slashing foreign aid. Some South Africans living with, or at risk of, HIV secured supplies of life-saving drugs just in time. Others did not. Half a year later, the country with more people living with HI…
A Dangerous Withdrawal: South Africa's HIV Crisis Amid US Aid Cuts
A Dangerous Withdrawal: South Africa's HIV Crisis Amid US Aid Cuts As night fell over Johannesburg, alarming news rapidly spread among sex workers: within a day, nonprofit clinics providing crucial HIV services would close due to President Donald Trump's announcement of US foreign aid cuts.While some at-risk South Africans managed to obtain vital drugs in time, many did not, leaving the country—where rates of HIV are among the highest globally—i…
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