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A study volunteer in an Ebola vaccine trial receives inoculation at Redemption Hospital in Monrovia in 2017. NIAID/Wikimedia Commons

August 4, 2025

The global health system can build back better after US aid cuts – here’s how

Jonathan E. Cohen, University of Southern California

To achieve global health for the future, the leadership must come not only from the US.

The loss of research capability means losing an understanding of how to prevent or treat HIV. Photo by sergey mikheev on Unsplash

May 12, 2025

US funding cuts have crippled our HIV work – what’s being lost

Glenda Gray, South African Medical Research Council

The US cuts in research funding are devastating to the fight against HIV/Aids. It’s going to be very hard to recover.

A sixteen-year-old Nairobi woman, who contracted HIV at birth, takes her PEPFAR-supplied anti-retrovirals pills Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. A U.S. foreign aid program that officials say has saved 25 million lives in Africa and elsewhere is being threatened. AP Photo/Brian Inganga

February 24, 2025

U.S. cuts to HIV/AIDS funding will be detrimental for vulnerable groups in Kenya

Julie Lajoie, University of Manitoba; Keith Fowke, University of Manitoba, and Toby Le, University of Manitoba

The U.S. funded HIV/AIDS program PEPFAR has saved over 25 million lives since it began in 2003.

No HIV vaccine candidate has shown more than modest protective efficacy. GettyImages

December 2, 2024

Vaccines can put an end to HIV – African governments must take the lead in developing them

Glenda Gray, South African Medical Research Council and Asa Tapley, University of Washington

Africa’s investment into research and development is far below the global average.

Early HIV diagnosis and consistent care can make the difference between life and death. Getty Images

December 1, 2024

Five things you should know about the HIV epidemic

Nomathemba Chandiwana, University of the Witwatersrand and Linda-Gail Bekker, University of Cape Town

Aids was first identified 40 years ago: these are the game changers that have revolutionised treatment – and the obstacles that remain.

A patient at the community hospital in Bangui in the Central African Republic. Getty Images

November 29, 2024

Africa’s making progress against HIV, but donor funds are drying up – what must change

Yogan Pillay, University of Pretoria and Magda Robalo, University of Verona

Each life lost to Aids is a life too many. As donor funds dry up, Africa needs new ways to fight this epidemic.

Top contributors

Glenda Gray
Distinguished Professor, Infectious Disease and Oncology Research Institute, Faculty of Heath Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Executive Director Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Chief Scientific Officer, South African Medical Research Council
Yogan Pillay
Dr Yogan Pillay is the director for HIV and TB delivery at the Bill and Melinda Gates and He is currently extraordinary professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Pretoria
Linda-Gail Bekker
Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town
Nomathemba Chandiwana
Chief Scientific Officer, Desmond Tutu Health Foundation and Senior Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand
Asa Tapley
Acting Instructor of Medicine, University of Washington
Julie Lajoie
Assistant Professor, Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba
Keith Fowke
Professor of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba
Toby Le
PhD Candidate in Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba
Magda Robalo
Infectious disease and public health expert, University of Verona
Jonathan E. Cohen
Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine and Director of Policy Engagement, Institute on Inequalities in Global Health, University of Southern California