Last month, the health minister said more than half a million previously diagnosed people with HIV have been started on treatment since the end of February
With the 12 specialised key population clinics in South Africa funded by the US government, and now shuttered, getting treatment at government clinics has been difficult, if not impossible
As government clinics take on HIV patients who were previously treated by Pepfar-funded projects, the treatment of conditions like diabetes and heart disease will come under pressure
Activists say the health minister is in denial over the impact of US funding cuts and accusing them and the media of overblowing the crisis and spreading disinformation
The US withdrawal will reveal the underlying truth: African health systems have long been undermined by debt and political neglect.
A modelling study released in March gives a clue at which price the jab, lenacapavir, would be worth the health department’s while
Sources that are unrestricted, aligned with South African law and human rights, and without political interference, must be found as an alternative to the US
The US president’s cutting of financial support has cut life-saving treatment for many in SA
A federal judge has enforced a temporary restraining order blocking Donald Trump from freezing federal grants
Such programmes still qualify for a limited waiver, which will expire towards the end of April, but only for approved activities
The US government has appointed the first African head of its Aids fund, Pepfar. John Nkengasong, a Cameroonian virologist