Us Shutdown Of Hiv/aids Funding Could Lead To 500,000 Deaths In South Africa

USAid cuts to clinics dispensing antiretroviral drugs will be death sentence for mothers and children, expert warns Sweeping notices of termination of funding have been received by organisations working with HIV and Aids across Africa, with dire predictions of a huge rise in deaths as a result. After the US announced a permanent end to funding for HIV projects, services across the board have been affected, say doctors and programme managers, from projects helping orphans and pregnant women to those reaching transgender individuals and sex workers.