US funding cuts to South Africa risk HIV/AIDS rebound

Washington's announcement this week that it will end funding for HIV/AIDS prevention programs in South Africa will have an immediate impact in lives lost, according to Helen Rees, director of the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand. Rees tells The World's Host Marco Werman that the consequences extend beyond immediate suffering: A larger immunocompromised population could heighten the risk of future pandemics.