HIV Progress in ‘Real Danger’ as Global Funding Plummets
UNAIDS says 18% lower HIV financing and prices above $20,000 for some drugs could leave millions without prevention.
- On Monday, UNAIDS released a report ahead of the 26th International AIDS Conference in Rio de Janeiro, warning that funding cuts and unequal access to medicines could trigger an HIV epidemic resurgence.
- International HIV financing dropped by more than $1.5 billion in 2025, an 18 per cent decline marking its lowest level in nearly two decades, as global development assistance suffered its largest annual decline ever recorded.
- Generic versions of Lenacapavir could cost approximately $75 per patient, yet the patented version remains priced at $28,000 annually in the United States, despite being nearly 100 per cent effective.
- Beatriz Grinsztejn, president of the International AIDS Society, warned the gathering is taking place at a time of "real danger," as UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima stated, "When prevention disappears, infections rise."
- Without urgent action, more than three million people could become infected with HIV by the end of this decade, yet UNAIDS estimates 20 million people need access to antiretroviral-based prevention to significantly reduce new infections.
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Never before has science made such progress, never before has political will been so lacking: specialists warned on Monday that the fight against AIDS was in "danger," with funding having fallen by a fifth last year.
The International Conference opened on Monday, July 27 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The United Nations AIDS organization, Onusida, took advantage of the opportunity to take stock of the fight against the disease: if science has not made such advances, e-mail, the fight against the virus is threatened by the fall of funding.
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AlKhaleej TodayUN agency sees ‘real danger’ global funding collapse could undo decades of progress against AIDS
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 28 — The science has never been better, but political will has reached a new low: AIDS experts warned Monday that the fight against HIV was in real danger as funding fell by a fifth last year.A major international AIDS conference got underway in Rio de Janeiro for the first time since the United States began to dramatically slash foreign aid following Donald Trump’s return to the White House last year.European nations includ…
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