After a year of US funding cuts across global public health, including South Africa’s hard-hit HIV programmes, new realities are settling in

According to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief cuts

HIV prevention services have been heavily affected by the pause on the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids in the country, with remote mobile clinics that served hard-to-reach people now closed

Weeks later, thousands of health workers are unemployed, HIV services are collapsing and the government hasn’t filled the gap. This isn’t transition, it’s unraveling in real time

Aid dependency in the fight against HIV/Aids is not sustainable; Africa must own its health future. With political will, nothing is impossible

The US withdrawal will reveal the underlying truth: African health systems have long been undermined by debt and political neglect.

It is women and girls who will suffer the most from the funding crisis caused by cuts to development aid.

Donald Trump’s funding freeze underlines that South Africa needs to prioritise the development of its pharmaceutical manufacturing sector

There is an urgent need to build health sovereignty and sustainability to break dependence on donations

The suspension and withdrawal of US support for people’s rights in Africa is a setback

The group said the US president’s decision to suspend aid to South Africa was a regressive assault on the country’s sovereignty

The recent termination of USAid to HIV/Aids and TB organisations in South Africa was a bone of contention in the 2025 budget

Sources that are unrestricted, aligned with South African law and human rights, and without political interference, must be found as an alternative to the US

Until recently, the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief funded nonprofits in South Africa to help provincial health departments test people for HIV and put them on treatment

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

People living with HIV and related ailments have been handed a practical death sentence because Trump is annoyed about the Expropriation Act and South Africa’s support for Palestine

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

In response to US President Donald Trump’s budget cuts, ICS2025 will provide an opportunity for dialogue between affected nations, economic leaders, and policymakers to address the foreign aid deficit

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

The presidency said it remained in the dark as to the real cause for Donald Trump’s decision to cut aid and suggested proper communication can prevent a rift