"The Trump administration abruptly cut all overseas aid spending in January, with only piecemeal restorations to funding since then. Other countries, including the UK, have announced their own cuts. It has been estimated that external health assistance over 2025 will be between 30% and 40% lower than it was in 2023."
"Winnie Byanyima, USAID's executive director, said: The complex ecosystem that sustains HIV services in dozens of low- and middle-income countries was shaken to its core. Without swift action to get services back on track, UNAids has predicted there will be 3.3m more new HIV infections by 2030 than expected. And while there are signs of recovery, including new domestic funding in some countries, access remains far from universal."
"The UN agency's report finds that services working to prevent HIV infections were particularly likely to be donor-funded and are among the hardest hit with resources limited, treatment for existing patients has been prioritised."
Clinic closures, test-kit stock-outs and reduced medicine supplies have interrupted HIV care across multiple African countries. A teenage rape victim in Mozambique could not access a closed clinic; Zimbabwe recorded a rise in AIDS-related deaths after five years of decline; Ethiopia and the DRC experienced HIV testing interruptions because of exhausted kit stocks. Major donor reductions began after abrupt cuts to overseas aid, leaving external health assistance in 2025 roughly 30–40% below 2023 levels. Preventive HIV services were hit hardest while limited resources prioritized treatment for existing patients. Some domestic funding increases have emerged, but service access remains incomplete.
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