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South Africans fear spike in HIV infections as US aid cuts bite

The UN programme on HIV/Aids says the sudden withdrawal of US funding for its work this year has disrupted treatment and prevention programmes around the world.

The UN agency dealing with AIDS and HIV warns of millions of new cases, directly as a result of global funding cuts. We hear from the head of the agency -- and from one of the most exposed countries, South Africa.

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