The State Department issued a waiver for lifesaving aid, but HIV clinics remain shut and uncertainty lingers over the future of PEPFAR, which has saved 25 million lives.

A lady who said she is HIV positive has spoken out after President Donald Trump halted the issuance of free medications for people living with the disease.

The Trump Administration has ordered the end of distributions of HIV medications purchased with American humanitarian aid.

PEPFAR has saved 25 million lives around the globe and is considered George W. Bush's greatest achievement. Donald Trump has left its future in doubt.

On Friday, a memorandum signed by Marco Rubio called for a 90-day cessation of foreign aid. That would likely put on hold the work of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

The US State Department has lifted the ban on HIV aid to SA and other low-income after President Donald Trump issued a directive to halt it in his first week.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed deep concern about the funding pause for HIV programmes in low- and middle-income countries.

The US government has suspended financial support for HIV treatment programmes in Nigeria and other developing countries following an

Trump’s reckless dismantling of global health efforts may not just result in more lives lost to AIDS, but could also hasten the evolution of new, more deadly viruses.

No, I’m not talking about Donald Trump, but rather his wily South African analog, Jacob Zuma, whose tenure as president from 2009 to 2018 presented an existential threat to the continent’s most solid democracy.

The latest waiver appeared to give the go-ahead for funding for medication under PEPFAR, a major US programme against HIV/AIDS.