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Foreign aid freeze raises fears of renewed AIDS crisis in Africa
Concerns are rising in Africa about a potential resurgence of the devastating AIDS crisis that once claimed millions of lives ...
South African scientists were testing a promising HIV vaccine. Then came Trump’s aid cuts
South African lab technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded ...
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South Africa has more people living with HIV than any other country. Trump’s aid freeze has hit hard
In the rural villages of South Africa, U.S. President Donald Trump’s sudden freeze on foreign aid impacts hundreds of thousands of HIV patients. The freeze has affected the President’s Emergency Plan ...
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USAID Hearing Protesters Rage Against Trump Cutting Funding For Health Program — But There’s A Problem
Protesters at a Thursday hearing about the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) called on President Donald Trump ...
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Six million people could die from HIV and AIDS if US funding stops, UN agency warns
A logo is pictured outside a building of the United Nations AIDS agency (UNAIDS) in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. Picture taken April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo GENEVA ...
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Powering Africa: The Transformational Impact of Regional Energy Projects in West Africa
One key initiative is the West African Power Pool (WAPP), which is helping boost energy electricity supply in 14 countries, benefiting 57 percent (more than 244 million people) of the population in ...
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Elon Musk halts international HIV/AIDS relief from US
Elon Musk has announced that HIV/AIDS relief administered through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been halted globally under the cost-cutting measures of the ...
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MG makes bold return to the South African market
Last week, the familiar MG logo adorned a conference centre in ... of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of South Africa, Wu Peng in attendance. The diplomat expressed his appreciati ...
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NFL emails reveal extent of Saints' damage control for clergy sex abuse crisis
FILE - New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson, left, talks with Saints President Dennis Lauscha, right, next to VP Greg Bensel, center, in the second half of an NBA basketball game ...
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U.S. foreign aid pause a blow to South Africa’s HIV/Aids efforts
Some of South Africa’s major health programmes ... in humanitarian assistance across sub-Saharan Africa. HIV/Aids programmes would be most affected, as these programmes were the focal point ...
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George W. Bush had a plan to fight HIV. Trump might kill it.
The global fight against HIV/AIDS has now focused mostly on Africa, where it is estimated ... a provision that the Heritage Foundation has called for reinstating. After taking office earlier ...
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Civil society rejects state secrecy law
AIDS Foundation of South Africa, Aksie Gleniqua Foundation, Alliance for Children's Entitlement to Social Security, Amnesty International (Durban), Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression, ...