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A volunteer demonstrates an HIV screening test. (File photo)

Trump’s funding cuts hit HIV, GBV services hard

The US president’s cutting of financial support has cut life-saving treatment for many in SA

  • Umamah Bakharia
7 min read
The original grants of Pepfar-funded organisations who are funded through the Centres for Disease Control have been reinstated after a federal judge enforced a temporary restraining order blocking US President Donald Trump’s administration from freezing federal grants. (Shealah Craighead/Flickr)

Some Pepfar projects can now restart in full, without a waiver

A federal judge has enforced a temporary restraining order blocking Donald Trump from freezing federal grants

  • Des Erasmus
7 min read
US President Donald Trump said this week that the tariff is meant to address the trade imbalance between South Africa and the US. (Photo: Evan Vucci/AP/picture alliance)

UPDATE | Embassy confirms Pepfar projects will restart, despite Trump aid ban

Such programmes still qualify for a limited waiver, which will expire towards the end of April, but only for approved activities

  • Des Erasmus
7 min read
A sign announcing monkeypox informations is setup in International Airport Treviso A. Canova, in Treviso, Italy, on November 30, 2022. (Photo by Manuel Romano/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Mpox outbreak: Five cases confirmed, one death reported in South Africa

The health department said it is investigating the local transmission of the disease after the infected patients were found to have no travel history

  • Umamah Bakharia
2 min read