UNAIDS warns US HIV funding withdrawal from South Africa will cost lives; Pretoria takes fight to UN
Nation Africa—The US decision to pull HIV funding from South Africa has drawn a sharp condemnation from UNAIDS, which warned the move will directly cost lives by disrupting treatment and prevention programs. South Africa plans to raise the health funding cuts at an upcoming UN meeting, escalating the dispute to the international stage. The withdrawal is part of broader US foreign-aid reductions that have alarmed global health advocates.