South Africa’s treatment success means ageing with HIV is now a major health system challenge. By 2040, more than half of people living with HIV in the country will be 50 or older, up from 30% in 2025, according to a recent Lancet report. That is 3.9 million people, up from 2.3 million. South Africa has the world’s largest HIV…
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Global Fund Replenishment: Addressing Critical Needs
The fight against AIDS, TB, and malaria is at risk. Global health financing faces severe cuts. This threatens decades of progress. Urgent calls are being made for Global Fund replenishment. Without it, countless lives are in danger. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has sounded an alarm. The medical group has released a new report. It is titled Deadly Gaps. The report…
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PEPFAR Funding Secure for Vital HIV Programmes
The United States Congress has spared the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a cornerstone of global HIV/AIDS prevention for nearly two decades, from a potential $400 million budget cut.. The proposed reduction was part of the Trump administration’s wider “rescissions package.” This package aimed at clawing back $9.4 billion in previously approved federal spending. However, lawmakers raised significant…
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Affordable TB Medicines: South Africa’s Patent Battle
South Africa’s battle for affordable TB medicines echoes the country’s earlier struggle to expand access to HIV treatment. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, South Africa faced an uncontrolled AIDS epidemic. The crisis was worsened by the government’s rejection of the scientific consensus on HIV/AIDS. Under former President Thabo Mbeki, many public-sector patients were denied access to life-saving antiretroviral…