South Africa’s most vulnerable struggle to find HIV medication after US aid cuts

South Africa’s HIV Crisis Deepens as U.S. Aid Cuts Leave Thousands Without Lifesaving Care - teleSUR English

South Africa, home to the largest population of people living with HIV globally, is grappling with the fallout from a $427 million withdrawal in U.S. aid—an abrupt cut that has shuttered clinics, disrupted treatment for hundreds of thousands, and sparked fears of a resurgence in new infections and preventable deaths. The Trump administration’s decision to slash foreign aid has led to the closure of 12 nonprofit clinics that once served over 63,0…

Botswana declares public health emergency as clinics run out of medicine

GABORONE (Reuters) -Botswana’s President Duma Boko declared a public health emergency on Monday, saying the national medical supply chain had failed, leaving hospitals and clinics short of medicine and other vital stock. Boko said the military would oversee an emergency distribution drive, and the first trucks would leave the capital Gaborone and head to remote areas by the evening. The southern African country’s health ministry warned in early …

South Africa’s HIV fight at risk after $427M US aid cut

South Africa's government has vowed it won't let the US withdrawal of about $427 million in support collapse its HIV program, the largest in the world, but it is struggling to fill the gap.

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…