# Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi says South Africa will receive two-billion-rand over six months from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. This is to sustain existing HIV and Aids programmes in the country. The cuts in the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in February this year have created a massive shortfall in funding to South Africa’s HIV programmes. Motsoaledi says the US has decided to reconsider the recent funding cuts through a new mechanism referred to as a transitional period, ranging from one to five years.
South Africa secures funding from the US to sustain existing HIV/Aids programmes