Withdrawal of US aid

How much does our HIV response depend on US funding?

Critical services in some high-burden districts have collapsed

Elon Musk is trying to do business in Lesotho, the country Donald Trump says “nobody has ever heard of”

And Starlink is not the only US company investing in the kingdom

“We were told to stop everything immediately”: Lesotho HIV programmes collapse after USAID decision

Fear of a surge in new infections as antiretroviral medicines become harder to get

Our HIV response will collapse without US funding - unless we act urgently

Reassurances that state clinics will pick up the lost services are empty

US funding cut ends vital HIV programme for orphans

In some parts of the country HIV testing was dependent on US money, so testing has just stopped

US-funded programmes in South Africa benefit the US too

The world class research conducted in SA is vital for everyone

US funding remains frozen for many life-saving services

Despite waivers, court judgments and assurances from the embassy, USAID funding for projects that provide HIV medication has not resumed

HIV patients go weeks without medicines after US aid cut

Legal challenges have restored funding but damage has been done

Over 15,000 South African health workers’ jobs are at risk as US cuts aid

Some harm reduction and LGBTI services have already closed

1,500 Lesotho health workers sent home after US aid suspended

Trump blocking aid threatens vital health services

Trump has stopped aid to South Africa, endangering thousands of lives

But we must not allow peddlers of hate to undermine our fragile constitutional democracy

Afriforum lobbied Trump about land expropriation. Now he wants to cut South Africa’s health funding

Stopping health funding in Africa weakens America

This is an opportunity for President Ramaphosa to lead

Trump’s sudden suspension of foreign aid puts millions of lives in Africa at risk

Imprecise executive order leaves health providers dependent on PEPFAR funding unsure if or when money will arrive