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UN says if US funding for HIV programs is not replaced, millions more will die by 2029
GLOBAL, JUL 10 – UNAIDS warns U.S. funding cuts caused a systemic shock to global HIV programs, risking over 4 million AIDS deaths and 6 million new infections by 2029 without replacement funding.
- UNAIDS released a report Thursday stating recent U.S. funding cuts have destabilized HIV programs worldwide, causing clinic closures and disrupted services.
- These cuts followed U.S. President Donald Trump's January orders that suspended foreign aid and shuttered the U.S. AID agency, abruptly ending $4 billion pledged for 2025.
- UNAIDS noted half of all new HIV infections occur in sub-Saharan Africa, where the U.S. had funded nearly all HIV medicine budgets, and now surveillance and data systems have ceased.
- Activists like Peter Maybarduk said new FDA-approved drugs could help end AIDS, but Gilead’s pricing and U.S. withdrawal put treatment out of reach and risk a rise in infections and deaths.
- Experts warned the sudden funding loss causes a systemic shock unlikely to be replaced soon, risking millions more AIDS deaths and reversing decades of progress against the disease.
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If US Funding For HIV Programs Is Not Replaced, Millions More Will Die: UN
Years of American-led investment into AIDS programs has reduced the number of people killed by the disease to the lowest levels seen in more than three decades, and provided life-saving medicines for some of the world's most vulnerable.
The cessation of US foreign aid threatens to "revert" the achievements of decades of global efforts to contain the AIDS pandemic, UN said on Thursday. Some 31.6 million people took antiretroviral drugs in 2024 and deaths from AIDS-related diseases fell by more than half since 2010, according to a new report by Onusida. However, cases are likely to increase, as cuts in US funding led to the closure of prevention and treatment programs.
The cessation of US foreign aid threatens to "revert" the achievements of decades of global efforts to contain the AIDS pandemic
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