US to stop funding HIV programmes in South Africa

What we know

More than eight million South Africans are living with HIV – the highest number of any country in the world

Why this counts

What makes this worth tracking, according to BBC, is the chain of decisions it may trigger.

What precedes this

The background, as BBC reports, involves shifts that have been visible for some time in stop, funding, hiv, programmes, south.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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The lens

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of stop, funding, hiv, programmes, south: More than eight million South Africans are living with HIV – the highest number of any country in the world.