Children living with HIV are being missed, diagnosed later and falling out of care after sweeping cuts to US funded health programmes, according to new HIV services data from across Africa and Asia.
The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) found a 42 per cent drop in people starting oral HIV prevention treatment, known as PrEP, across 10 countries across 2025 and into early 2026, compared with the previous 12 months. HIV testing fell by 12 per cent across eight countries, while enrolment of children onto treatment dropped by 15 per cent.
