Study Warns: HIV Funding Cuts Could Cause Millions of Deaths by 2030
By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: March 27, 2025 17:02 IST2025-03-27T17:02:54+5:302025-03-27T17:02:54+5:30
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International funding cuts for HIV prevention and treatment could lead to a major and serious crisis. A study published in the journal Lancet HIV on Thursday (March 27) found that cuts to international funding for HIV prevention and treatment could lead to more than 10 million new infections and nearly three million deaths by 2030.23
The study, by researchers at the Burnett Institute in Melbourne, Australia, analysed the impact of a projected 24 per cent reduction in global HIV funding by 2026
The study comes after major donors, including the US, UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands, announced aid cuts of between 8 and 70 per cent. These five countries provide more than 90 per cent of global HIV aid.
Millions of new infections and deaths at risk - Researchers say that if five major donor countries, including the US and the UK, do not reduce proposed funding cuts, there could be 4.4 to 10.8 million new HIV infections and 770,000 to 2.9 million deaths between 2025 and 2030.
The US, the world's largest contributor to HIV funding, halted all aid on January 20 after Donald Trump was sworn in.
The funding cuts could set back the work towards eliminating HIV/AIDS by 2030.
Sub-Saharan Africa and people who inject drugs, men who have sex with men and children will be most affected, the study finds.
