In South Africa, USAID cuts raise fears of new surge in HIV infections

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In South Africa, USAID cuts raise fears of new surge in HIV infections   South Africa's government has vowed it won't let the US withdrawal of about $427 million in support collapse its HIV program, the largest in the world, but it is struggling to fill the gap.   READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/08/25/in-south-africa-usaid-cuts-raise-fears-of-new-surge-in-hiv-infections  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00South Africa has more people living with HIV than any other country in the world.

00:05When US President Donald Trump slashed America's foreign aid budget, the impact was immediate

00:11as free clinics closed their doors, leaving patients without medication.

00:15Our lives matter.

00:17We are human.

00:19The funding played a significant role in our lives.

00:24The clinic would come to my apartment, give me services there, they would come test me

00:29in my home every three months, give me my refill, I would only go to the clinic for my prescription.

00:37Whenever I needed condoms or lubricant, the clinic was there to give me.

00:41Patients say they've been forced to buy HIV medication on the black market, where pills

00:47have nearly doubled in price.

00:50Others say they've been turned away from public hospitals, even though authorities insist that

00:55shouldn't be happening.

00:58The government has vowed it won't let the US withdrawal of more than $400 million in

01:03support collapse its HIV programme.

01:06But it's struggling.

01:08We are scared.

01:09We are scared that we are going to see high numbers of people living with HIV rising.

01:14We are scared that we are going to see people dying again.

01:17We are worried about the number of infants that are going to be born with HIV because

01:21the lack of services, what the reality is, the funds that we used to get from USAID was covering

01:28a gap that our government couldn't fix.

01:31More than 63,000 people depended on the 12 clinics across the nation that shut down.

01:37Up to 220,000 people have faced disruption to their daily HIV medication.

01:43The US has issued a limited waiver, allowing some vital HIV services to resume.

01:49But the cuts in aid have created chaos.

01:53And for many of those affected, the damage is already done.

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