Ms Jane-Ann McKenna:

Regarding the aid cuts, Mr. Clarken can build on this but USAID was a key funder of PEPFAR. Much of the treatment for HIV-AIDS has been decimated because of that. Not only was it funding large organisations like ours but also local clinics and community hospitals.

Many countries in Africa now have a very advanced system of healthcare, particularly with regard to the treatment of HIV and AIDS in terms of the mobility of care and being able to really become ingrained in communities. We are seeing not just the immediate impact of these drugs being stopped but the direct impact of this on the communities and of the decimation of some of the key areas that enable a number of communities to function. I will ask Ms Balfe to answer the question on the momentum at present.