Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said at a national roundtable discussion earlier this week that he was informed during a recent visit by an American delegation that Washington was “changing its approach to PEPFAR” and was granting countries varying transition periods for funding, up to five years in some cases, before PEPFAR was halted altogether.
South Africa welcomes $115M U.S. bridge plan to sustain its HIV programs for 6 months
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At a launch event Thursday, South Africa's health minister Aaron Motsoaledi said the country would “move mountains and rivers to make sure every adolescent girl who needs it will get it,” saying that the continent's past dependence upon US aid was “scary.”
If U.S. funding for HIV programs is not replaced, millions more will die by 2029, U.N. says
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