UNAIDS Warns of Global AIDS Resurgence After US Aid Cuts

The sudden withdrawal of US foreign aid threatens to reverse decades of progress, with millions of lives at risk and no alternative funding in sight.

UNAIDS projects 6.3 million additional AIDS-related deaths and 8.7 million new infections in the next four years if US funding is not restored.
The US, historically the largest donor to global HIV/AIDS efforts, abruptly cut funding under President Donald Trump, creating a critical financial vacuum.
UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima has proposed a deal involving Gilead's HIV prevention drug lenacapavir to mitigate the crisis, but it requires US government support.
European donors have indicated they cannot fill the funding gap, redirecting resources to other priorities like defense, while African nations struggle with fragile health systems.
Byanyima warns that without intervention, the AIDS pandemic could return to 1990s levels globally, affecting both low-income countries and key populations in regions like Eastern Europe and Latin America.