Risk of 2,000 new HIV infections a day after US aid freeze, UN says

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Risk of 2,000 new HIV infections a day after US aid freeze, UN says

There could be 2,000 new HIV infections a day across the world and a ten-fold increase in related deaths if funding frozen by the United States is not restored or replaced, the United Nations AIDS agency said on Monday.

Risk of 2,000 new HIV infections a day after U.S. aid freeze, UN AIDS agency says

UNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima says that if funding didn’t resume at the end of the 90-day pause ‘there will be, in the next four years, an additional 6.3 million AIDs-deaths’

Risk of 2,000 New HIV Infections a Day After US Aid Freeze, UN Says

The average rate is 2.0 cases per 1,000 people.

Since the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USaid) last month, many humanitarian NGOs in South-East Asia have been in disarray, trying to find new funding, but the task is expected to be very difficult.