US EditionUN says if US funding for HIV programs is not replaced, millions more will die by 2029
GLOBAL, JUL 10 – UNAIDS warns U.S. funding cuts caused a systemic shock to global HIV programs, risking over 4 million AIDS deaths and 6 million new infections by 2029 without replacement funding.
- UNAIDS released a report Thursday stating recent U.S. funding cuts have destabilized HIV programs worldwide, causing clinic closures and disrupted services.
- These cuts followed U.S. President Donald Trump's January orders that suspended foreign aid and shuttered the U.S. AID agency, abruptly ending $4 billion pledged for 2025.
- UNAIDS noted half of all new HIV infections occur in sub-Saharan Africa, where the U.S. had funded nearly all HIV medicine budgets, and now surveillance and data systems have ceased.
- Activists like Peter Maybarduk said new FDA-approved drugs could help end AIDS, but Gilead’s pricing and U.S. withdrawal put treatment out of reach and risk a rise in infections and deaths.
- Experts warned the sudden funding loss causes a systemic shock unlikely to be replaced soon, risking millions more AIDS deaths and reversing decades of progress against the disease.
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