The United States will donate $410 million to South Africa towards ending the AIDS epidemic in the country.
South Africa has around 6.8 million people living with HIV, the world largest population of people living with the virus.
The funds will help the country expand its antiretroviral programme which provides treatment to more than 3 million patients.
The funds were donated through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which also supports projects in South Africa to encourage male circumcision and attempts to reduce new HIV infections in girls and young women.
Delegates are expected to discuss the ambitious target, proposed by UNAIDS, of ending AIDS as a global health crisis by 2030 at the International AIDS Conference to be held in the South African coastal city of Durban next week.
