In early February, President Donald Trump cancelled PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which provides ...

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has vowed no South African will be denied access to ARV drugs following cuts to Pepfar ...

After the US slashed global aid, the South African government stated that only 17% of its HIV spending relied on US funding.

Donald Trump’s 1987 bestseller, Trump: The Art of the Deal, includes this memory from when he was in elementary school: “I ...

Hobbs explained that although Pepfar funded only 17% of South Africa’s HIV and GBV response, a significant amount of this funding is provided directly to independent, non-profit South African ...

Pepfar, a global initiative to fight HIV/Aids, has saved millions of lives since its launch in 2003. Now its future is uncertain.

"The health system in South Africa, like most health systems, is not terribly well monitored or well directed. When you look at what you get with every single health dollar spent on the Pepfar ...

On February 6, in a comprehensive briefing to Parliament, South Africa’s Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi outlined the widespread effect of PEPFAR on the country’s HIV response. He revealed ...

Bekker is a professor of medicine and chief executive officer of the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation in South Africa. PEPFAR has been a key component of global health since it was founded by President ...

At the time, Pepfar funded projects in 28 developing countries with HIV infection rates, including South Africa; the Global Fund continues to support South Africa and more than 100 other countries.

The vulnerability of different African countries to Pepfar cuts varies widely. Some fund most of their own HIV programmes. South Africa's HIV programmes are 74% domestically funded, with the ...