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"In January, the Trump administration ordered a broad pause on all US funding
for foreign aid.
Among other issues, this has significant effects on US funding for HIV. The
United States has been the world’s biggest donor to international HIV
assistance, providing 73% of funding in 2023.
A large part of this is the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
(PEPFAR), which oversees programs in low- and middle-income countries to
prevent, diagnose and treat the virus. These programs have been significantly
disrupted.
What’s more, recent funding cuts for international HIV assistance go beyond the
US. Five countries that provide the largest amount of foreign aid for HIV – the
US, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and the Netherlands – have announced
cuts of between 8% and 70% to international aid in 2025 and 2026.
Together, this may mean a 24% reduction in international HIV spending, in
addition to the US foreign aid pause.
We wanted to know how these cuts might affect HIV infections and deaths in the
years to come. In a new study, we found the worst-case scenario could see more
than 10 million extra infections than what we’d otherwise anticipate in the
next five years, and almost 3 million additional deaths."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
