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Africa: Fight to End Aids - 'This Is Not Just a Funding Gap - It's a Ticking Time Bomb'
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND LOW AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES, JUL 10 – UNAIDS warns that abrupt funding cuts could lead to 6 million new HIV infections and 4 million AIDS-related deaths from 2025 to 2029 if global support is not sustained.
- The latest report from UNAIDS, published this week, reveals a severe funding crisis that threatens to reverse years of progress in HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention efforts.
- This crisis stems from drastic funding cuts, donor fatigue, geopolitical tensions, and disruptions in major donor capitals like Washington in 2024.
- Despite these challenges, seven sub-Saharan African countries met the 95-95-95 targets by December 2024, but 9.2 million people still lack life-saving treatment and 75,000 children died of AIDS in 2024.
- UNAIDS warns that collapse of US-supported services could cause six million new infections and four million deaths between 2025 and 2029, while 25 surveyed low- and middle-income countries plan to increase domestic HIV budgets.
- UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima warns that the shortfall in funding is an urgent crisis and emphasizes the need for decisive action and innovation, rather than withdrawal, to eliminate AIDS as a major health concern by 2030.
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Africa: Fight to End Aids - 'This Is Not Just a Funding Gap - It's a Ticking Time Bomb'
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