PEPFAR FREEZE
- A group of civil society organisations has written the following joint letter calling for the South African government to provide a coordinated emergency response to address the healthcare emergency created by the US government’s actions on foreign aid. Read our Open letter to the SA Government of 5 February 2025 here.
- As groups working on the right to health care services, we remain concerned that there is not enough transparency in the SA government’s handling of the consequences of the USAID and PEPFAR funding cuts. Read our Open letter to the SA Government of 18 March 2025 here.
RELATED INFORMATION SHEETS:
- CHANGE Info Sheet 1 (5 February 2025):
The Jan. 28 Waiver of the Jan. 24 Stop-Work Order Should be Interpreted to Authorize All Recipients of U.S. Global Health Foreign Aid to Immediately Resume Comprehensive Life-Saving Humanitarian Assistance
- CHANGE Info Sheet 2 (5 February 2025):
Explanation of US Temporary Restraining Orders (TROs) – Pepfar+ - CHANGE Info Sheet 3 (14 February 2025):
Global Health Security and Diplomacy issues additional clarification of activities approved under the PEPFAR 90-Day Limited Waiver - CHANGE Info Sheet 4 (17 February 2025):
Several US Court Cases and Orders Temporarily Restrain Trump Administration’s Freeze on Foreign Assistance - CHANGE Info Sheet 5 (23 February 2025):
Judge in Foreign Assistance Stop Work/Funding Freeze Cases Orders Full and Prompt Compliance with Previous TRO, New Cases Challenge DEI and DEIA Executive Orders - Circular on the provision of uninterrupted HIV and AIDS Services (11 February 2025):
SA NDoH Circular: Provision of Uninterrupted HIV services across all health facilities (South Africa)
OTHER UPDATES:
- CHANGE (South Africa) press conference (27 February 2025)
