South Africa has welcomed a U.S. bridging plan worth $115 million to continue funding HIV treatment and prevention programs until the end of March.

A new report by the U.N. AIDS agency says the sudden withdrawal of U.S. funding has caused a “systemic shock” to the global effort against AIDS and HIV.

The Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID has put more than 8,000 health workers in South Africa’s national HIV program out of work.

The Trump administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn widespread criticism from congressional Democrats.