UNAIDS chief: US funding cut could mean ’10-fold increase’ in deaths

UNAIDS Warns Millions Could Die from U.S. Aid Cuts

The head of UNAIDS is warning the withdrawal of U.S. foreign aid could lead to 2,000 new HIV infections every day around the world. UNAIDS chief Winnie Byanyima says millions could die if U.S. funding is not restored. Winnie Byanyima: “There will be an additional, in the next four years, 6.3 million AIDS-related deaths — 6.3 million more in the next four years. At the last count, 2023, we had 600,000 deaths globally, AIDS-related deaths. So you’…

HIV deaths and infections will rise as a result of foreign aid cuts, study warns

Funding cuts could undo decades of progress and cause infections and deaths to surge to levels not seen since the early 2000s, researchers say.

UNAIDS: US funding cuts puts millions of lives at risk

UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima on Monday said 6.3 million more people around the world will die of AIDS-related complications over the next four years if the U.S. does not fully restore its foreign assistance. “[If] the U.S. assistance for HIV is not restored after the pause and is not replaced by other funding, and we have not heard of other governments pledging to fill the gap, there will be an additional, in the next four years, 6.…

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6.3 million people could die from HIV/AIDS over the next four years if U.S. support is not restored.

More babies and mothers are dying in Afghanistan after USAID cuts, midwives say

In March, the World Health Organization announced more than 200 health care facilities had shut down, or suspended operationsin Afghanistan as a result of the Trump administration's funding freeze.