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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Louise Dewast

South Africa's most vulnerable struggle to find HIV medication after US aid cuts

South Africa HIV The Vulnerable - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

On a warm evening in Johannesburg, the news spread like wildfire among sex workers: Within 24 hours, several nonprofit clinics providing free HIV services would be closing as President Donald Trump announced the United States was slashing foreign aid.

Some South Africans living with, or at risk of, HIV secured supplies of life-saving drugs just in time. Others did not.

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