Finance Cuts Hit Battle Against AIDS, TB And Malaria - Global Fund
Peter Sands said treatment held up in 2025, while 300,000 fewer people got HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and malaria prevention was disrupted.
- On Wednesday, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Executive Director Peter Sands warned that global aid cuts hit disease prevention harder than treatment last year, risking future health outcomes.
- Wealthy nations, including the United States and Britain, slashed aid funding, forcing many countries to prioritize immediate life-saving treatments over long-term prevention infrastructure and capacity development.
- While 26.9 million people received HIV therapy and 7.4 million were treated for tuberculosis in 2025, prevention efforts suffered; 300,000 fewer people accessed HIV prophylaxis compared to 2024.
- Sands expressed particular concern regarding malaria, which the World Health Organization estimates kills more than 600,000 people annually, with current spending levels described as inadequate to combat the disease.
- Since 2002, the Global Fund has saved 72 million lives and reduced death rates from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by 65 percent, though Sands warned further funding cuts would escalate health damage.
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The withdrawal of States from international programmes to combat these diseases will have long-term effects if it continues, said Peter Sands, Director of the Global Fund.
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