South Africa did not rely on U.S. funding for its HIV drugs, but about 15,000 health workers' salaries were paid by PEPFAR, which previously gave South Africa over $400 million a year.

Alarice Marsh, M.P.H., a deputy director in the National Department of Health of South Africa and program lead of HIV testing ...

In the wake of the withdrawal of US Pepfar funding for South Africa’s HIV/Aids programme, there has been an alleged decline in HIV viral load testing across the country. One HIV expert described ...

South Africa’s government has estimated that universities and science councils could lose about $107 million in U.S. research ...

Funding cuts from the United States’ Pepfar programme have reportedly led to a significant decline in HIV viral load testing in South Africa, raising concerns about the impact on vulnerable ...

Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi reassures that South Africa's HIV/Aids programme is not collapsing despite reported declines in HIV testing due to funding cuts from Pepfar, while experts ...

Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A nurse draws a blood sample from a child for an HIV test at a clinic in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, South Africa, March 12, 2025.

Over the last two decades, South Africa made massive progress in reducing transmission of HIV from mothers to their babies. Even so, about 7 000 babies still contract the virus every year. Experts ...

South Africa did not rely on U.S. funding for its HIV drugs, but about 15,000 health workers' salaries were paid by PEPFAR, which previously gave South Africa over $400 million a year.

In the wake of the withdrawal of US Pepfar funding for South Africa’s HIV/Aids programme, there has been an alleged decline in HIV viral load testing across the country. One HIV expert described ...

JOHANNESBURG, May 14 (Reuters) – Testing and monitoring of HIV patients across South Africa have fallen since the United States cut aid that funded health workers and clinics, with pregnant ...