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US Funding Cuts Could Reverse Decades Of Gains In AIDS Fight: UN

Around 31.6 million people were on antiretroviral drugs in 2024 (Credit: AFP)

The halt to US foreign aid is a "ticking time bomb" that could reverse decades of hard-fought gains in the fight against AIDS, the United Nations warned Thursday.

Around 31.6 million people were on antiretroviral drugs in 2024 and deaths from AIDS-related illnesses had more than halved since 2010 to 630,000 that year, the UNAIDS agency said in a new report.

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