South Sudan HIV patients face deadly future after USAID cuts

South Sudan HIV patients face deadly future after USAID cuts

When US President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order cutting funding to programmes that supported people living with HIV in South Sudan in March, Margaret Jakudu feared the worst.  An HIV-positive volunteer who works with orphans affected by the virus, Jakudu said the move left her traumatised, worried that without critical support, she and others like her “might die.” Although the order did not immediately halt the supply of antiretrovir…