# South African universities face a funding crisis as the US has cancelled billions in HIV and TB research grants due to low return of investment. Over 300 grants are expected to be terminated, impacting institutions like Wits University’s Wits Health Consortium, which lost a 45-million-rand grant. Experts warn that this could cripple medical research, as 70-percent of SA’s funding comes from the US. Experts warn that the cancellations could lead to major job losses and disrupt life-saving clinical trials.
US cancels billions of rands in HIV and TB research grants for SA universities