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Salim Abdool Karim | Transforming adversity into opportunity for the AIDS response

Salim Abdool Karim | Transforming adversity into opportunity for the AIDS response

By Salim Abdool Karim,
Posted in: Focus, HIV/AIDS, InFocus, Latest, Opinions, Perspectives, Spotlight

As World AIDS Day 2025 swings by, CAPRISA Director Professor Salim Abdool Karim reflects on the frantic days following this year’s unprecedented cuts to health aid and research funding from the US, arguing that the deliberate disruptiveness was designed to be cruel. Nonetheless, he argues, our HIV response must now forge ahead on a path that is more affordable, sustainable and independent.

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After US funding cuts, Mozambican children died: Who bears responsibility?

After US funding cuts, Mozambican children died: Who bears responsibility?

By Jesse Copelyn,
Posted in: Access to Medicines, Focus, Healthcare system, Healthcare Workers, HIV/AIDS, InFocus, Latest, Perspectives, Spotlight

Spotlight and GroundUp published a two-part exposé showing how US aid cuts led to the deaths of children in Mozambique. Here, Jesse Copelyn considers what led to this tragedy and who should bear responsibility for it.

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