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SA Medical Research Council urges African leaders to fill US funding gap

Termination of USAID grant ‘catastrophic’ blow to the Brilliant consortium’s plans for HIV vaccine studies

A hand holding an HIV self-test with blood inside on desaturate effect (Morad HEGUI)

The SA Medical Research Council (MRC) has appealed to African governments, philanthropists and the private sector to step into the breach after the US government abruptly terminated funding for its leading HIV vaccine project.

Late last week the Trump administration informed thousands of US Agency for International Development (USAID) grant recipients worldwide their awards had been cancelled with immediate effect

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