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The 2025 PEPFAR funding crisis: A pivotal moment in South Africa's battle against HIV

Independent online (SA) 19 Dec 2025
The abrupt, politically charged pause in funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) sent shockwaves through the country’s health sector, forcing a rapid, often chaotic re-evaluation of its dependence on foreign aid.
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Wiles and Rubio in Vanity Fair : On USAID & PEPFAR

National Review 17 Dec 2025
If we can help turn a pandemic and culture around for the good, within reason, we want to do it ....
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Commentary: The fight to sustain PEPFAR

Hastings Tribune 12 Dec 2025
Every year on Dec. 1, World AIDS Day isn't just a time to look back, but it’s a call to action ... .
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Lawmakers warn of HIV crisis as federal support collapses

Washington Blade 05 Dec 2025
have global impact — particularly regarding PEPFAR ... “PEPFAR has saved over 25 million lives, but cuts are already causing catastrophic setbacks,” Rep ... Trump halted funds for PEPFAR, the ...
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White House halts World AIDS Day recognition amid HIV funding cuts

Washington Blade 02 Dec 2025
For the first time since the global observance began, the U.S. government did not commemorate World AIDS Day on Monday ... The U.S ... Bush’s PEPFAR initiative, which has invested more than $110 billion into the fight to end the epidemic ... ....
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HIV/AIDS activists block intersection near White House

Washington Blade 01 Dec 2025
Upwards of 100 HIV/AIDS activists on Monday blocked an intersection near the White House and demanded the Trump-Vance administration fully fund PEPFAR ... (PEPFAR in the coming fiscal year will use funds allocated in fiscal year 2024.).
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Congress must fund PEPFAR

Omaha World-Herald 30 Nov 2025
Thanksgiving encourages us to recognize our blessings — including access to health care many of us rarely have to question ... .
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PEPFAR delivers first doses of groundbreaking HIV prevention drug to two African countries

Washington Blade 19 Nov 2025
The State Department on Tuesday announced PEPFAR has delivered the first doses of a groundbreaking HIV prevention drug to two African countries ... health,” said PEPFAR on Tuesday in a press release.
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Pepfar ships first anti-HIV shots to Eswatini

Business Day 18 Nov 2025
Eswatini was selected as it has the world’s highest rate of new infections .
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Godongwana announces an additional R590.4m to mitigate PEPFAR withdrawal

Independent online (SA) 12 Nov 2025
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has allocated an additional R590.4 million to support health services affected by the withdrawal of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) funding.
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Media Alert: Standing Committee on Appropriations to Engage With Department of Health on US PEPFAR (Parliament of South Africa)

Public Technologies 28 Oct 2025
Tuesday, 28 October 2025Time. 10.00 - 16.00Venue ... Jabulani Majozi (Mr)Parliamentary Communication ServicesCell. 083 358 5224E-mail. jamajozi@parliament.gov.za. Attachments Original document Permalink. Disclaimer ... (noodl. 127333531) .
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Clinics short-staffed after Pepfar funding cuts

Mail Guardian South Africa 20 Oct 2025
The cuts in the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief (Pepfar) in February created a massive shortfall in funding to South Africa’s HIV programmes ... (Measuring the total Pepfar shortfall is complicated but it is roughly R7 billion.).
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'Don't depend on unreliable US aid': Expert urges SA to leverage R1. 9bn Pepfar funding

Independent online (SA) 17 Oct 2025
The Pepfar Bridge Plan (PBP) is set to provide vital support from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026 ... The approval of the PEPFAR Bridge Plan underscores the unpredictable nature of US decision-making.
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US approves $115 million PEPFAR lifeline for South Africa’s HIV/AID battle

Independent online (SA) 16 Oct 2025
South Africa's relentless battle against HIV/AIDS has received a lifeline with the recent announcement of the US government’s approval of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Bridge Plan (PBP).
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Five HIV/AIDS activists arrested outside Susan Collins’s D.C. office

Washington Blade 15 Oct 2025
Activists since the Trump-Vance administration took office in January have demanded full PEPFAR funding ... HIV/AIDS service providers around the world with whom the Blade has spoken say PEPFAR cuts and the loss of funding from the U.S.
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