Following the cutting of UNAIDS funding by the United States government earlier this year, the Chinese government has provided 3.49 million to expand HIV prevention services in South Africa.
The two-year project, which will commence in January 2026, aims to strengthen HIV prevention and harm-reduction services in South Africa by expanding access to HIV prevention programmes for adolescents and young people in 16 Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges located in high-burden districts across seven provinces.
UNAIDS will implement the project in collaboration with the China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges the Departments of Health , Higher Education and Training, and Correctional Services the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime WHO and Higher Health