A new UNAIDS report released ahead of World AIDS Day 2025 warns that the global HIV response is experiencing its most serious setback in decades. The report, titled Overcoming Disruption, Transforming the AIDS Response, outlines how abrupt reductions in international funding and weakening global solidarity are undermining progress, particularly in low and middle-income countries where the HIV burden remains high. The crisis escalated sharply after the United States, historically contributing three-quarters of all international HIV funding, halted its financial support in January 2025.
This single decision deepened existing shortfalls and created a ripple effect that has disrupted essential HIV services worldwide. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, external health assistance is projected to fall by 30 to 40 percent in 2025 compared with 2023, with…
