PUT MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS

HEALTH Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi's tough line against the US should be backed by a concrete plan that will secure funding to fill the gap that has been left by the Trump administration's decision to withdraw aid funding for critical TB and HIV/Aids programmes.

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Other than his remarks that South Africa refuses to be reduced to beggars by the US, the government has yet to outline how it will respond to the warnings that years of research in TB and HIV/AIDS are on the brink of collapse.

This past week, global news agency Reuters reported a concerning decline in viral load testing - a crucial measure that determines the amount of HIV virus present in the bloodstream of patients undergoing antiretroviral treatment.