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On Thursday this week the Trump administration cut its HIV programme.
South Africa, where almost eight-million people live with the condition, was the biggest beneficiary.
Trump is also put thousands of staff at USAid on notice - and fired some at the the US Agency for International Development, which promises to have a profound impact on the millions of people world wide it has been helping.
Mihi spoke to Cape Town based analyst and journalist Crystal Orderson and asked how the news of the cuts is being received.
