Global HIV response facing worst setback in decades, UNAIDS warns

UNAIDS warns that abrupt funding cuts and human rights reversals disrupt prevention and treatment services across dozens of countries. International health funding may fall by 30-40% in 2025 compared to 2023, especially in low-income nations facing HIV. UNAIDS reports disruption to HIV testing, treatment, and community-led programs in 13 countries. Stockouts, medicine shortages, and condom distribution drops threaten the global AIDS response.

570 new HIV infections occur daily among young women aged 15-24. Dismantled prevention programs leave adolescent girls & young women even more vulnerable. Global laws criminalizing sex work, drug possession, same-sex relations, & gender expression undermine access to services. In Zimbabwe, funding cuts disrupted trust & adherence; community resilience & new long-acting preventions like lenacapavir are hope. UNAIDS urges world leaders to reaffirm global solidarity, maintain HIV funding especially for dependent countries, invest in innovation, and uphold human rights.

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