HIV, Africa and Trump

People with HIV/AIDS in South Africa share sad tales as Trump stops US foreign aid
Trump’s 90-day foreign aid freeze has left many South Africans without essential HIV treatment, affecting a quarter of global casesVulnerable groups, including transgender individuals, struggle to find alternative healthcare as USAID-funded clinics shut downCivil society groups warn that nearly a million patients are at risk,
South African NGOs worry Trump's aid freeze will cause HIV patients to default on treatment
At a rural village in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province, unemployed 19-year-old Nozuko Majola is trying to figure out if she has enough money for the one-hour ride to collect her much-needed HIV medication,
US aid freeze puts HIV treatment in Africa at risk
Milicent Muyoma has been turned away twice from the clinic where she collects her HIV medication in Mathare, an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya.
Trump's Aid Cuts Stop South African HIV Vaccine Trials in Their Tracks
South African lab technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded scientists for decades, when the order came from USAID to stop work. The first round of vaccines she and her colleagues made in Johannesburg had produced an immune response in rabbits,
Trump aid freeze could cause millions more AIDS deaths—Byanyima
President Donald Trump's decision to suspend US overseas funding could result in millions more deaths from AIDS, the head of the UN's programme for the illness warned Sunday.The United States is the world's largest provider of official development assistance,
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Death, disease and instability: Africa faces crisis on all fronts after US aid cut
Trump’s decision to suspend US foreign aid has disrupted essential health, education, and humanitarian programs across Africa - Anadolu Ajansı ...
What happens to the body when HIV drugs are stopped for millions of people
HIV is spread by bodily fluids such as blood, breast milk or semen. It gradually weakens the body’s immune system and makes ...
Healthcare in Africa on brink of crisis as US exits WHO and USAid freezes funds: health scholar explains why
US withdrawal from the WHO and of all foreign aid will have dire consequences for Africa. It’s time the continent took ...
Africa's top health official presses US to resume health aid
LONDON - Africa's leading public health official will write to the U.S. Secretary of State on Thursday to highlight how the U ...
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USAID funding cuts to South Africa: 'the damage is irreversible' - NGO
For more than two decades, USAID and its flagship initiative, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ... TB ...
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U.S. Aid Freeze Threatens Africa's Disease Response, Warns CDC Chief
The African CDC head, Jean Kaseya, plans to address the U.S. Secretary of State about the detrimental effects of the U.S. aid ...
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US Says It Will Continue Limited AIDS Relief Services in South Africa
The US said a waiver on halting some activities in South Africa under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ... services such as testing for the disease, counseling prevention, the ...
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This is what happens to the body when HIV drugs are stopped for millions of people
A generation has passed since the world saw the peak in AIDS ... diseases include fungal infections, pneumonia, salmonella and tuberculosis. For a country like South Africa, with the world ...