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Podcast: The Daily Discourse
Episode: Health civil society organizations calling on government to make emergency funding available
Description: Earlier this year, the US announced the halt of funding for foreign aid around the world. In South Africa, this impacted the PEPFAR initiatives that contributed in the fight against HIV/AIDS, TB and other chronic diseases. At the time, the Minister of Health Aaron Motswaledi stated that it would meet with National Treasury to make emergency funds available to help the 29 districts that have been recognized as hotspots for new infections. Â The South African government needs R2,82 billion to plug the gap and these are the provinces which relied solely on the grant funding: L...