US EditionAfrica: Fight to End Aids - 'This Is Not Just a Funding Gap - It's a Ticking Time Bomb'
GLOBAL, JUL 10 – UNAIDS warns funding shortfalls risk reversing HIV treatment progress with 9.2 million people lacking life-saving therapy and 75,000 child AIDS deaths in 2024, urging urgent action.
- UNAIDS released the 2025 Global AIDS Update on Thursday warning of a historic funding crisis threatening decades of gains in HIV services worldwide.
- The crisis stems from abrupt funding cuts by major donors such as the U.S., amid geopolitics and donor fatigue affecting support for HIV treatment and prevention.
- In 2024, disruptions led to 9.2 million people lacking life-saving HIV treatments and 75,000 AIDS-related child deaths, despite seven sub-Saharan countries reaching the 95-95-95 targets.
- UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima called the funding gap "a ticking time bomb," urging urgent, united action to transform the crisis into opportunity and end AIDS by 2030.
- Despite challenges, many affected countries are increasing domestic HIV budgets and protecting treatment gains, signaling resilience and a need to rethink global HIV funding models.
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Africa: Fight to End Aids - 'This Is Not Just a Funding Gap - It's a Ticking Time Bomb'
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