HIV, AIDS and Africa

Trump's foreign aid freeze halted a crucial program fighting HIV in Africa. Here's what's at stake
Florence Makumene held a plastic container of HIV medication and wondered if it would be her last as fears swelled of a return to a time decades ago when millions across sub-Saharan Africa died of AIDS.
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.
The foreign aid freeze is affecting lifesaving HIV/AIDS treatment
The U.N.'s Angeli Achrekar reports that many clinics have closed, despite exemptions in the policy. She fears mortality will surge.
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,
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. For two decades, the American people have paid for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief,
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