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Tuberculosis is the world’s top infectious killer. Aid groups say Trump’s funding freezes will cause more deaths

On February 26, 2025, US Capitol Police prepared to arrest protestors staging a die-in inside the rotunda of the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC.
The protest was organized in response to cuts in foreign aid from countries including the US, France, the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands, which experts and HIV charities warn will negatively impact prevention initiatives.
The US government, under Donald Trump, has already cut HIV prevention schemes, rescinded federal funding for HIV-related research, and fired contractors at the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy, which covers treatment for various diseases including HIV.
According to a study published in The Lancet HIV, these cuts, which could amount to a 24% reduction in international HIV spending, may lead to over 10 million more HIV infections and almost 3 million additional deaths by 2030; Anne Aslett, chief executive of the Elton John Aids Foundation, warned that if funding falls away, health budgets will simply not be able to cope.
Researchers at the Burnet Institute and global health leaders warn that these cuts will disproportionately affect sub-Saharan Africa and vulnerable groups, potentially reversing decades of progress in combating HIV, despite recent reductions in annual new infections and deaths.

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Tuberculosis is the leading infectious cause of death worldwide. Freezing funding could worsen the situation.

By Issy Ronald, CNN When health workers stopped visiting his home in Pakistan to administer tuberculosis drugs, Ratna Jamni began dragging himself to a clinic “step by painful step, when even standing feels impossible.” The 40-year-old had been receiving treatment and mental health support for months at home after contracting drug-resistant tuberculosis, but those visits have stopped. “Every trip is painful, exhausting, and humiliating.”

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Oxford University launches trial for new tuberculosis vaccine

The safety of a new tuberculosis vaccine is being tested in an Oxford University trial.

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Tuberculosis is the world’s top infectious killer. Aid groups say Trump’s funding freezes will cause more deaths

Doctors and aid workers warn that the freeze to USAID-funded TB programs is likely to cause thousands of unnecessary deaths and a rise in TB infections worldwide, and create the conditions for an extremely drug-resistant form of the disease to spread.

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Foreign aid cuts could mean 10 million more HIV infections by 2030—and almost 3 million extra deaths

In January, the Trump administration ordered a broad pause on all US funding for foreign aid.

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Foreign aid cuts could lead to 10 million new HIV cases by 2030, research shows

Cuts to foreign aid by the US, UK, France, Germany and Netherlands, could lead to between 4.4 and 10.8 million additional HIV cases by 2030. These findings come as part of a new study published in...

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Devastating HIV aid cuts could result in millions of deaths by 2030, experts warn

Experts and HIV charities have warned that cuts to prevention initiatives, including the far-reaching rollback of funding caused by the freezing of US aid – could have devastating effects on infection rates around the world. Researchers warned that global infection rates could rocket by more than 10 million by 2030 because of cuts to aid in countries such as the US, France, the UK, Germany and the Netherlands. In an analysis of proposed and plan…

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