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A leaked memo for grant management staff of the US government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH), dated March 25, instructs officers to hold “all [research] awards to entities located in South Africa”.

As climate change intensifies, a toxic legacy grows more dangerous in Soweto. Residents living beside an old mine dump face health problems as more floods and heatwaves worsen the dangers of mining pollution.

Cancellation letters, which end millions of rands of South African universities’ US-government funded HIV and TB research grants with immediate effect, started to roll in over the weekend. Fears are rife that the Trump administration might stop all grants, which holds devastating implications for the country.

On the outskirts of Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Fight with Insight has become more than just a boxing gym. It teaches children how to deal with emotional pain and prevent self-harm through exercise, discipline and respect.

A third of the Global Fund for HIV, TB and Malaria’s money comes from the United States. The other contributions come from other wealthy governments and philanthropic organisations.So what happens if the Trump administration decides to cut its contributions to the Fund? We work it out.

There were empty seats in San Francisco last week at an annual international science conference which has delivered some of the world’s most groundbreaking HIV research. It was a throwback to another era — a time when Aids activists were fighting for their lives — and a frightening glimpse of the future under the Trump administration.

SA’s budget can only afford to employ 800 of 1 800 unemployed doctors, despite vacancy rates for public sector facilities ranging between 5% and 22%.

Following the execution of Muhsin Hendricks, the openly gay imam who created safe places for queer Muslims to practice their faith, Zackie Achmat reflects on the dangerous ways religious communities fuel hate — and his own banning from the community over 30 years ago.

Chaos and devastation. That’s the position SA USAID-funded projects find themselves in after the Trump administration closed them down overnight on February 26. Will the US government now kill its HIV fund too?

The major backer of the lenacapavir roll-out is assuring nervous researchers that they will keep their part of funding promises. It’s a good economic investment, says the Fund’s Peter Sands, into a game-changing drug that could save millions of lives.

Healthcare doesn’t come cheap and rolling out National Health Insurance will cost a lot of money. The NHI Act says that funding healthcare for all should come from tax. But with tax payers already under pressure, will there be enough money to cover everyone? We do some sums to look at different options.

Pepfar-funded HIV organisations in South Africa, who receive their funds through the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, woke up to letters that...

A month into the foreign aid crisis that the Trump administration’s funding cuts have resulted in, the big question in the HIV world is: what will happen to the US government’s Aids fund, Pepfar? In this podcast, Mia Malan asks former Pepfar head of staff, Jirair Ratevosian, what the future holds, and what will happen if the US government stops its contributions to the Global Fund for HIV, TB and Malaria.

South Africa is producing more doctors than ever, but many can't find jobs in the public sector — even though hospitals need them. The Health Beat team examines options for newly qualified doctors in a country where youth unemployment is at an all-time high and Trump’s funding cuts spell doom and gloom.

Cities around the world — including Johannesburg and Cape Town — have tried out car-free days to clear the air and keep people healthy. But only a few have been as long-running as Kigali. What’s their secret?

Offering state HIV patients who qualify a six-month supply of antiretroviral (ARVs) pills at a time, so that they only have to return to clinics or community pick-up points twice a year to collect their medication, is one of the goals in the health department’s contingency plan to cope with the near collapse of US-funded HIV projects. This will lower the work load of health workers, the strategy that was sent to provincial health departments and public health facilities on 11 February, says.