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Elon and the Other Gaza
How the world’s richest man helped trigger an HIV crisis in one of the world’s poorest countries.
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Botswana declares public health emergency over medicine shortage
The crisis is linked to the high price of medicines, a shrinking national budget and cuts in US aid.
US aid cuts could lead to millions more HIV/AIDS deaths by 2029, UN warns
United Nations 2025 Global AIDS Update says if funding not replaced, cuts may reverse ‘decades’ of progress on HIV/AIDS.
African researchers could stop HIV but US aid cuts are in the way
Dozens of trials on HIV ground to a halt in February after US President Donald Trump abruptly pulled crucial funding.
How US funding cuts are threatening South African families living with HIV
Critical community initiatives that provide testing, food and support and HIV vaccine research have been dismantled.
HIV and AIDS deaths could increase globally amid US aid freeze, UN says
US President Donald Trump put almost all US foreign aid on hold upon taking office.
Rubio announces 83 percent of USAID contracts cancelled under Trump
Trump administration has targeted USAID as part of president’s efforts to trim government spending and reduce ‘waste’.
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Africa HIV deaths to mount, as Trump stops funding. Here’s why
In South Africa alone, funding cuts could lead to 500,000 deaths in 10 years, experts warn.
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What is USAID, and how central is it to US foreign policy?
Elon Musk’s criticism of USAID has sparked debate over whether the aid agency should be permanently closed.
‘They give me hope’: Beating HIV stigma with community support in Zimbabwe
Twenty years since antiretroviral therapy was rolled out in the country, HIV/AIDS patients are living full lives.
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For 20 years, this AIDS relief plan enjoyed broad US support. What changed?
Credited with saving 25 million lives, the AIDS programme PEPFAR now faces an uncertain future in a divided US Congress.
