HIV, Donald Trump and Africa

Trump’s foreign aid freeze halted a crucial program fighting HIV in Africa. Here’s what’s at stake
The freeze on U.S. foreign aid ordered by President Donald Trump has effectively halted one of the world's most successful responses to a disease.
South African scientists were testing a promising HIV vaccine. Then came Trump’s aid cuts
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.
Funds for fight against HIV/AIDS paused in Trump aid freeze
Correction: An earlier version of this story said incorrectly that President Donald Trump signed an executive order pausing foreign aid the day after he took office. He signed it the day he took office.
South Africa has more people living with HIV than any other country. Trump’s aid freeze has hit hard
In the rural villages of South Africa, U.S. President Donald Trump’s sudden freeze on foreign aid impacts hundreds of thousands of HIV patients.
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,
Don’t drop the ball on HIV/Aids, says scientist
KZN’s top women researcher believes a game changer is around the corner. It needs political will and no geopolitical head winds ...
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South Africans worry Trump’s aid freeze will cause HIV patients to default on treatment
Majola is one of millions of patients in South Africa affected by President Donald Trump’s global foreign aid freeze, raising worries about HIV patients defaulting on treatment, infection rates ...
Trump’s aid freeze sends shock waves through Africa’s HIV programs
The freeze on U.S. foreign aid ordered by President Donald Trump has effectively halted one of the world's most successful responses to a disease.
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New HIV therapy lenacapavir shows high efficacy in Ugandan population
A multi-national, multi-institutional study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators found little natural resistance to a ...
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South Africa: Explainer - HIV, HPV and Cervical Cancer
South Africa has one of the highest HIV rates in the world, with 8-million people estimated to be living with the virus. While many people are aware of the link between HIV and Tuberculosis (TB) ...
South Africa does have a history of racist land inequality. Just not in the way Trump and Musk are portraying
The so-called land question has been a decades-long dilemma for South Africa. A new law seeks to right some of the wrongs of ...
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South African NGOs worry Trump's aid freeze will cause HIV patients to default on treatment
Majola is one of millions of patients in South Africa affected by U.S. President Donald Trump’s global foreign aid freeze, raising worries about HIV patients defaulting on treatment, infection ...