Over March and April this year, there has been a significant decline in viral load testing for HIV in South Africa — a phenomenon that would appear to be linked to the recent withdrawal of ...

Exclusive-HIV Patient Testing Falls in South Africa After US Aid Cuts, Data Shows By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Testing and monitoring of HIV patients across South Africa have fallen ...

For individuals with HIV undergoing anti-retroviral ... deputy general secretary Patrick Mdletshe said: “The decline in viral load testing in South Africa can be attributed to funding cuts ...

In Part 1 of this Spotlight special briefing, we looked at some of the big picture dynamics of HIV in South Africa, and in ...

stated that the decline in viral load testing in South Africa can be attributed to funding cuts, particularly from Pepfar. “These cuts have significantly impacted HIV testing and treatment ...

In Philippi village in the Western Cape of South Africa, 24-year-old Simamkele Matinise works at an HIV-prevention mobile ...

Reuters reported on Wednesday that HIV viral load testing had already fallen significantly across South Africa since the funding cut, which experts said was a clear sign that the health system was ...

The South African government and other donors fund the rest. Advertising Viral load testing — which measures how much the HIV virus is present in the blood of patients on treatment — had ...

Significant decline in HIV viral load testing in South Africa linked to the withdrawal of US funding through Pepfar, with an 11.4% drop from April 2024 to April 2025.

Testing decline affects pregnant women ... Testing and monitoring of HIV patients across South Africa have fallen since the United States cut aid that funded health workers and clinics, with ...

South Africa did not rely on U.S. funding for its HIV drugs, but about 15,000 health workers' salaries were paid by PEPFAR, which previously gave South Africa over $400 million a year.

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