HIV, AIDS

HIV infections could jump over 6 times if US support is dropped and not replaced, UNAIDS chief says
The head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday the number of new HIV infections could jump more than six times by 2029 if American support of the biggest AIDS program is dropped, warning that millions of people could die and more resistant strains of the disease could emerge.
UNAIDS Chief Warns HIV Infections Could Increase Without U.S. Support
The head of the U.N. Aids Agency is worried that new HIV infections will increase more than six times by 2029 without American funding.
'People are going to die': HIV infections could surge if US support is dropped, UNAIDS chief says
HIV infections could jump over six times if US support is dropped and not replaced, the UNAIDS chief said. The number of new HIV infections could increase more than six times in the next several years if US funding for HIV and AIDS programmes is dropped, the head of the United Nations AIDS agency said on Monday.
HIV infections could jump over 6 times if US support is dropped, UN aids program director says
UNAIDS' executive director warned that millions of people could die and more resistant strains of the disease could emerge.
HIV infections could jump sixfold if U.S. withdraws support, U.N. AIDS chief says
The head of the U.N. AIDS agency says the number of new HIV infections could jump more than six times by 2029 if U.S. withdraws support for AIDS program.
Map Shows Huge Drops in HIV Funding as Global Infections Surge Predicted
In Africa, a U.S. funding loss will be critical to HIV programs in countries like Uganda, Mozambique and Tanzania.
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U.S. Aid Suspension Jeopardizes Ethiopia's Fight Against HIV, Putting Over a Quarter-Million Beneficiaries At Risk, Warns UNAIDS
The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) warns that the "pause of U.S. foreign assistance" to Ethiopia's national HIV response will be "particularly severe" for over 270,000 beneficiaries ...
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Impact of the pause of U.S. foreign assistance in Ethiopia
ACTIONS TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION: On 4 February 2025, The Ministry of Health of Ethiopia issued a circular to all regional health bureau to assure regional health offices that the government will step ...
Six million people could die from HIV and AIDS if US funding stops, UN agency warns
More than six million people could die from HIV and AIDS in the next four years if U.S. President Donald Trump's ...
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He’s still at it: AIDS research pioneer who made Ethiopia healthier
Eager to test whether the impact of certain preventable tropical diseases on the immune system made people more susceptible to HIV, he set up a hygiene program in Ethiopian schools that has since ...
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US aid funding cuts put HIV prevention at risk, warns UNAIDS
UNAIDS says it will continue efforts to ensure that during the 90-day pause, all people affected by HIV continue to access ...
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HIV Infections May Skyrocket If U.S. Cuts Funding, UNAIDS Sounds Alarm
The global fight against HIV/AIDS faces a significant setback as US funding cuts loom, warns Winnie Byanyima, executive ...
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Over 45,000 new HIV infections recorded since US aid cut
About 45,675 new HIV infections have been recorded since January 21 after the United States withdrew international support for ...
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UNAIDS update: Impact of the pause of U.S. foreign assistance in Ethiopia
People will no longer receive condoms to prevent new HIV infections and sexually transmitted infections.
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Civil Society Organizations in Ethiopia Scramble for New Finance Sources As 'Abrupt' USAID Funding Freeze Threatens Jobs, Humanitarian Operations
Following the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) "abrupt" cessation of financial aid and assistance, the Ethiopian Civil Society Organizations Council called on the ...