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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Health
Shola Lawal

African researchers are working to cure HIV, but US aid cuts are in the way

A reproductive health clinic in Johannesburg is closed as a sign on the gate reads "USAID has served the WITS RHI Key Populations Programme a notice to pause programme implementation ... We are unable to provide services until further notice" [Themba Hadebe/AP]

Patrick Arbuthnot was browsing his emails on what seemed like a normal workday in his lab in Johannesburg when he saw a strange notification pop up.

“Stop Work,” it read.

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