A life-saving HIV program in South Africa is being ended by the US after two decades. The program provided prevention and treatment services to a country where a significant portion of the population lives with the virus. The Trump administration has cited a lack of progress on certain policy requests as the reason for stopping funding.

Further details on this decision are available from sources such as The New York Times. The end of US funding is expected to have serious consequences, with the head of the UN's HIV agency warning that it will cost lives. The US had been providing significant financial support to South Africa through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.