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Funding Cuts Threaten Global HIV Progress, Lives at Risk

11/25/2025

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Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) reports funding cuts since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House in 2025.
The cuts risk access to preventive HIV medication for 2.5 million and threaten progress toward ending AIDS by 2030.
Many have died as local clinics closed.
In Nigeria, condom distribution fell 55%, and HIV services disrupted for nearly half of women and adolescent girls.

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Story summary

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) reports funding cuts since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House in 2025.
The cuts risk access to preventive HIV medication for 2.5 million and threaten progress toward ending AIDS by 2030.
Many have died as local clinics closed.
In Nigeria, condom distribution fell 55%, and HIV services disrupted for nearly half of women and adolescent girls.