SPOTLIGHT: SA's ARV programme growth stalls, but the worst-case fears remain unfulfilled

The number of people in South Africa on antiretroviral treatment remained roughly unchanged from 2024 to 2025, according to just-published estimates from the leading mathematical model of HIV in the country. This suggests that the disruption of US aid for HIV services has slowed the growth of our HIV treatment programme, but the impact so far is not as severe as some researchers feared it might be.

Original source: Daily Maverick