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US aid cuts hit South Africa's HIV programmes | BBC News
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2:55Now PlayingIt has been one year since the US announced sweeping cuts to a foreign aid programme.
One of the major casualties was South Africa's HIV and Aids programme.
US President Donald Trump said the cuts were part of wider cost-cutting drive to reduce American government spending.
At the time, South Africa's health minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, told the BBC it was a "wake-up call".
So how is the country faring a year on?
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