PEPFAR funding suspension and financial cuts risk millions of new HIV infections and deaths, according to UNAIDS. The program planned $4.3 billion for over 50 countries in 2025, halted in January. Without alternative funding, four million deaths and six million new infections are anticipated by 2029. The report highlights challenges from geopolitical issues and climate crises, eroding years of progress in combating AIDS. Nearly 40 million live with HIV, predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa, where PEPFAR has saved 26 million lives through treatment and prevention services over two decades.
The temporary suspension of PEPFAR and financial cuts will result in millions of unanticipated deaths and infections, warns UNAIDS in its report released this Thursday.
If funding is not replaced, there is a risk that four million more people will die from AIDS-related deaths and six million additional HIV infections will occur between 2025 and 2029.
An instability in multilateral cooperation is due to cuts by the U.S. and Global North countries, as well as wars, geopolitical shifts, and climate crises.
In 2023, there were 630,000 deaths due to AIDS, with 61% of them living in sub-Saharan Africa, as highlighted in the UNAIDS report.
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