Withdrawal of US aid
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
By Liezl Human
News | 10 July 2025
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
News | 27 June 2025
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
By Liezl Human
Brief | 26 June 2025
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
Feature | 25 June 2025
Mozambique: These are the children the United States left to die
Part one: How the Trump Administration abandoned orphans with HIV
Feature | 19 June 2025
US cuts food aid to 36,000 children in Lesotho
About one in five people in rural Lesotho face food insecurity
Feature | 6 June 2025
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
News | 2 June 2025
Global Fund is $6-billion short and may have to cut life-saving programmes
US has cut funding and it’s not clear if other donors will meet their pledges
By Liezl Human
News | 31 May 2025
Big US-funded chicken project shuts down in Lesotho
Five-year plan was to up meat production by 40%
News | 28 May 2025