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US President Donald Trump’s suspension of foreign funding will adversely affect LGBTIQ+ people in Africa.
AFRICA QUEER NETWORK

In wake of US cuts, SA must step up to protect LGBTIQ+ rights in Africa

The suspension and withdrawal of US support for people’s rights in Africa is a setback

  • Gibson Ncube
6 min read
The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/Aids says the crisis is not an isolated supply-chain issue but a ‘systemic failure’ that demands urgent government intervention
ABORTION

Trump’s cuts show the need to democratise reproductive health funding

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

  • Duduetsang Mmeti and Sesona Buyeye
7 min read
ASTRAZENECA

Jury still out on pregnant women getting a Covid jab

Few trials have been carried out on women expecting babies

  • Chris Bateman
2 min read