Trump’s trumpet: The challenges of being over-reliant on foreign funding

Authors

  • A Dhai

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7196/

Keywords:

HIV funding

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2025-02-28

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Dhai A. Trump’s trumpet: The challenges of being over-reliant on foreign funding. S Afr Med J [Internet]. 2025 Feb. 28 [cited 2025 Mar. 26];115(2):e3200. Available from: https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/samj/article/view/3200