What Will Happen If Trump Cuts The Uss Global Fund Contributions? We Work It Out
A third of the Global Fund for HIV, TB and Malarias money comes from the United States. The other contributions come from other wealthy governments and philanthropic organisations.
In turn, the Global Fund helps poorer countries, like South Africa, to pay for its HIV, TB and malaria programmes.
The Fund raises money in three-year cycles called replenishments the latest replenishment was launched in February.
South Africa got just over 1.4-billion about R25.5-billion at the current exchange rate from the Global Fund since 2017, with, on average, 90 going to HIV programmes, and 10 being spent on TB.
So what happens if the Trump administration decides to cut its contributions to the Fund? We work it out.
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Science can save lives politics can take them.
South Africa and the world learnt the hard way that science and politics dont mix, when HIV denialism unnecessarily cost more than 300 000 lives in the country.
Now history is repeating itself except this time political decisions with deadly consequences come from a global superpower.
An analysis published in the Journal of the International Aids Society in February shows that the 90-day halt in funding from the Presidents Emergency Plan for Aids Relief Pepfar, because of President Donald Trump ordering a freeze on US foreign aid would lead to 100 000 extra Aids-related deaths in the next year.