Freezing of US aid and its impact on global health programme 1
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JOHANNESBURG - Just days after US President Donald Trump took office, he put South Africa in his cross hairs.
An executive order he signed halts all foreign aid that the US government provides to South Africa.
Trump says the decision is based on unjust and immoral practices that harm the US.
WATCH: Discussion | Over 15,000 health workers face job cuts amid Pepfar freeze
Reportedly SA projects funding through the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief, PEPFAR are exempted – at least until April.
A member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Pepfar, Mitchell Warren discussed this with eNCA.
Warren is from the New York-based advocacy organization AVAC which received funding from PEPFAR and runs projects in Eastern and Southern Africa.