Withdrawal of US aid

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Lesotho and South African organisations at loggerheads after USAID funding cuts

The Mosepele Foundation Development Forum has accused Mothers2Mothers South Africa of withholding funds but the latter says it has no choice

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News | 26 November 2025

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US and Lesotho strike five-year health funding pact

Abrupt US aid cuts earlier this year caused havoc in the country’s health system

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News | 19 November 2025

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Withdrawal of US aid has hurt South Africa’s HIV programme

Number of viral load tests is significantly lower than expected

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Analysis | 4 November 2025

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Lottery commits R124-million to fight HIV and TB

Funding intended to help fill gap left by withdrawal of US funds

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News | 16 October 2025

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PEPFAR cuts leave clinics short of staff

Survey finds longer waiting times for ARVs

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News | 15 October 2025

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Inside SA’s multi-million rand plan to fill US funding void

About R1-billion in replacement funds expected imminently, but more may be approved

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Feature | 14 August 2025

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Lesotho at risk of economic collapse after aid cuts and Trump’s tariffs

African Development Bank warns that economic growth could drop to 0.5% next year

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News | 26 July 2025

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After US funding cuts, Mozambican children died: Who bears responsibility?

Both the US and Mozambican governments have failed

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Analysis | 21 July 2025

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Slow motion denialism: Our leaders are allowing the HIV response to collapse

Motsoaledi’s claim that 520k people started HIV treatment is implausible

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Analysis | 16 July 2025

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Treasury hands HIV response a lifeline, but it’s probably too little

UNAIDS says US funding cuts put decades of progress against HIV in jeopardy

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News | 10 July 2025

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US aid cuts leave rural Lesotho schools searching for alternative funding

Across Lesotho, many children are still learning in church halls and outside, says education official

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News | 27 June 2025

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Government still has no plan to replace US HIV funding. Health organisations are demanding action

A petition calls on the health department to release an emergency plan

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Brief | 26 June 2025

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Death in Mozambique: After US funding cuts, a health system crumbles

Part two: If Marco Rubio came here “we could show him the evidence” of deaths, says villager

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Feature | 25 June 2025

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Mozambique: These are the children the United States left to die

Part one: How the Trump Administration abandoned orphans with HIV

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Feature | 19 June 2025

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US cuts food aid to 36,000 children in Lesotho

About one in five people in rural Lesotho face food insecurity

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Feature | 6 June 2025

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Lesotho’s health system has been decimated by US funding cuts

60% of the country’s HIV counsellors have been laid off and the country’s TB programme is faltering

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News | 2 June 2025