HIV, Africa and Trump

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.
South Africa faces HIV crisis as Trump’s aid freeze halts treatment and research
South Africa has more people living with HIV than any other country, and US President Donald Trump’s aid freeze has hit patients hard – as well as researchers, who were close to a breakthrough in
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.
Funds for fight against HIV/AIDS paused in Trump aid freeze
Correction: An earlier version of this story said incorrectly that President Donald Trump signed an executive order pausing foreign aid the day after he took office. He signed it the day he took office.
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,
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.
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Cardiovascular Risk Calculators Fail Women and Black Patients With HIV
A common CV risk factor calculator for patients with HIV underestimates risk for Black patients and women, while risk for ...
This New Drug Could Help End the HIV Epidemic—but US Funding Cuts Are Killing Its Rollout
Lenacapavir, a twice yearly injection that prevents HIV transmission, was named the breakthrough medicine of 2024. But ...
US aid freeze puts HIV-positive orphans in Kenya at risk as medical supplies dwindle
Two-year-old Evans was brought to the Nyumbani Children’s Home in Nairobi, Kenya a year ago, suffering from HIV and ...
US aid freeze sows disruption in HIV, malaria product supply chains
The U.S. government's foreign aid freeze has upended the supply chain for medical products crucial for fighting diseases ...
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Bills to repeal ‘antiquated’ law criminalizing transfer of HIV sail through House, Senate
Legislation that would remove a criminal penalty for intentionally transferring HIV to another person sailed through both the ...
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Zambia - an HIV response at a crossroads
The United States Government (USG) support to Zambia is estimated at $600 million annually, of which $367 million was committed for the national HIV response for 2025 under the Presidential Emergency ...
Oregon’s first hospice for people with HIV added to the National Register of Historic Places
Juniper House, the first end-of-life care facility for people dying of AIDS and AIDS-related complexes in Oregon, was ...
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Recently Arrived Migrants Less Likely to Receive HIV Treatment
The median (IQR) age of the people living with HIV (PLWH) was 49 (38-57) years, with the recently-arrived GBM having a median ...
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Alarming HIV infection increase in New Orleans teens, report says
New Orleans health officials are urging an expansion in sexually transmitted infection testing, treatment and prevention ...