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

Growing old with HIV is now possible. Trump’s CDC cuts threaten that progress.

In 1989, Ronald Johnson did not think he would live to see old age. Johnson, a Black gay man, was diagnosed with HIV that year, during the height of the U.S. AIDS epidemic, when the life expectancy was 1 to 2 years after diagnosis. “I just assumed that I would die,” Johnson told The 19th. “I’m from New York City, and particularly before treatments, I was seeing friends and people I know dying. Then going into the ’90s when treatments became avai…

Nearly 500k children could die from AIDS if US funding is cut, research warns

Nearly 500,000 children could die from AIDS by 2030 if the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is suspended, new research shows.

Call for urgent support as US funding cuts threaten HIV/AIDS programs

In the face of ongoing funding disruptions to US foreign assistance programmes, a group of international experts calls for urgent action to ensure the continuation of life-saving interventions and support for children and families affected by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.

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.…