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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Motsoaledi said the Trump administration had terminated around $436 million annually in funding for HIV treatment and prevention in South Africa, which made up part of the $2.5 billion a year program.
Trump's aid cuts stripped more than 8,000 health workers from its HIV program, South Africa says
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