Finance Cuts Hit Battle Against AIDS, TB And Malaria - Global Fund
Peter Sands said treatment held up in 2025, while 300,000 fewer people got HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and malaria prevention was disrupted.
- On Wednesday, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Executive Director Peter Sands warned that global aid cuts hit disease prevention harder than treatment last year, risking future health outcomes.
- Wealthy nations, including the United States and Britain, slashed aid funding, forcing many countries to prioritize immediate life-saving treatments over long-term prevention infrastructure and capacity development.
- While 26.9 million people received HIV therapy and 7.4 million were treated for tuberculosis in 2025, prevention efforts suffered; 300,000 fewer people accessed HIV prophylaxis compared to 2024.
- Sands expressed particular concern regarding malaria, which the World Health Organization estimates kills more than 600,000 people annually, with current spending levels described as inadequate to combat the disease.
- Since 2002, the Global Fund has saved 72 million lives and reduced death rates from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by 65 percent, though Sands warned further funding cuts would escalate health damage.
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Progress Against the World’s Deadliest Infectious Diseases Is on a Knife-Edge
In 2025, international funding for global health was cut at unprecedented scale and speed, disrupting programs to combat the world’s deadliest infectious diseases. HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria still kill millions of people every year, and those of us engaged in the fight against them feared dramatic reversals of hard-won gains.
The withdrawal of States from international programmes to combat these diseases will have long-term effects if it continues, said Peter Sands, Director of the Global Fund.
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Global efforts to prevent HIV lost ground last year as funding disruptions forced countries to scale back services, even as health systems managed to put more people living with the virus on lifesaving treatment.
Global Aid Cuts Hit Disease Prevention Efforts Harder
Global efforts to prevent AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis suffered more from recent aid cuts than treatment services. While treatment numbers held steady, prevention programs were scaled back, risking new infections. The Global Fund's annual report highlights the resilience in treatment despite funding challenges.
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