Africa HIV deaths to mount, as Trump stops funding. Here’s why

People queue at a government-run health clinic where free HIV testing and treatment is available, in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, July 23, 2024 [Denis Farrell/AP]

United States funding cuts to HIV/AIDS programmes in many African countries could lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths on the continent, health experts and aid organisations have warned.

In South Africa alone, US funding halts could lead to 500,000 deaths in the next 10 years, an official of the Desmond Tutu HIV Center said on Thursday.