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'Born of Ignorance': UNAIDS Boss Attacks Elon Musk Over Claim US HIV Aid Cuts Caused Zero Deaths

UNAIDS criticises Elon Musk's claim that US HIV aid cuts caused no deaths, warning of severe consequences for global HIV treatment and prevention efforts.

International Business Times UK

HIV progress in 'real danger' as global funding plummets

RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL) - The science has never been better, but political will has reached a new low: AIDS experts warned Monday that the fight against HIV was in real danger as funding fell by a fifth last year.

Bangkok Post

UNAIDS warns Trump's HIV funding cuts to South Africa could cost lives

The Trump administration says the phased withdrawal is linked to policy disputes with Pretoria, which rejects the allegations and says it is pursuing greater self-reliance.

Euronews

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Funding cuts and repressive laws raise risk of new HIV epidemic, says UNAids

UN agency head warns of ‘major threat’ as global testing and treatment falls

The Guardian - UK

HIV response facing ‘biggest storm ever seen’, new UN report into global aid cuts warns

After unprecedented funding cuts, the AIDS-related death toll in 2025 was more than double the global target which had been set to end the pandemic

The Independent UK

Aid cuts have shaken HIV/Aids care to its core – and will mean millions more infections ahead

Reports highlight devastating impact of slashed funding, especially in parts of Africa, that could lead to 3.3m new HIV infections by 2030

The Guardian - UK

Elton John says Trump should end Aids if he wants to be ‘one of the greatest presidents in history’

British pop icon says apathy from world leaders towards those living with Aids and HIV is ‘inhumane’

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World is so close to ending Aids pandemic but must keep funding ‘miracle’ drugs, UN chief warns

IN FOCUS: Cutting-edge prevention drugs – hailed as being able to reduce new infections to zero – could see the end of the Aids pandemic, as long as funding continues amid massive cuts, UNAIDS chief tells chief international correspondent Bel Trew

The Independent UK

South Africa’s dispute with US escalates amid row over G20 handover event

Trump press secretary accuses Cyril Ramaphosa of ‘running his mouth’ after US boycott of summit in Johannesburg

The Guardian - UK

EU regulator approves injectable HIV drug that experts say could help stop transmission

The European Medicines Agency has recommended authorizing a twice-yearly injectable drug to prevent HIV

The Independent UK

US aid cuts halt HIV vaccine research in South Africa, with global impact

South Africa has played a historic, global role in scientific research, from COVID-19 vaccines to HIV

The Independent UK

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

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.

International Business Times

UNAids chief ‘shaken and disgusted’ by US cuts that will mean millions more deaths

Winnie Byanyima tells the Guardian she considered resigning when Donald Trump cancelled Pepfar funding

The Guardian - UK

‘HIV-ending’ drug could be made for just $25 per patient a year, say researchers

As regulator prepares to approve Lenacapavir in the US, campaigners are urging the manufacturer, Gilead, to make it ‘available and affordable for all who need it’

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Euronews

UNAIDS to slash workforce as funding by United States and other donors disappears

UNAIDS had previously warned that unless support to its HIV efforts are restored soon, more than six million people could die in the next four years.

The Independent UK

UNAIDS to slash workforce by more than half as funding by US and other big donors disappears

The United Nations agency that fights HIV says it plans to slash its workforce by more than half as a result of sweeping funding cuts from longtime donors in the United States, Asia and Europe

Euronews

UNAIDS chief urges Donald Trump to make an 'amazing deal' to end HIV

The UNAIDS director also warned that US funding cuts could be dire for global efforts to curb HIV.

Radio France Internationale

AIDS pandemic risks 'resurging globally' amid US funding halt: UN

The world risks returning to the worst days of the global AIDS pandemic following the sudden halt to US foreign aid funding, the UN's top AIDS official said Monday, warning millions would die.

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The Independent UK

UNAIDS director proposes that President Trump make an 'amazing deal' to end HIV

The head of the U.N. AIDS agency says the sudden loss of American money has been “devastating” for efforts to stop HIV and will cost many lives of the world’s most vulnerable people

Al Jazeera

Uganda drops military trial as opposition leader’s health falters

Kizza Besigye has grown ‘critically ill’ during hunger strike against imprisonment, his lawyer says.

Latin Times

Trump's Aid Freeze Could Cause Millions More AIDS Deaths: UN Agency

"It's dramatic in many countries," UNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima told AFP. "I need to sound the alarm so that it's very clear that this is a big part (of AIDS relief funding). If it goes away, people are going to die."

International Business Times

Trump's Aid Freeze Could Cause Millions More AIDS Deaths: UN Agency

President Donald Trump's decision to suspend US overseas funding could result in millions more deaths from AIDS, the head of the UN's programme for the illness warned Sunday.

The Independent UK

HIV infections could jump over 6 times if US support is dropped and not replaced, UNAIDS chief says

The head of the U.N. AIDS agency says the number of new HIV infections could jump more than six times by 2029 if American support of the biggest AIDS program is dropped

The Guardian - UK

‘No hope’: wife’s fears for Ugandan opposition leader facing trial for treachery

Kizza Besigye, veteran opponent of President Yoweri Museveni, may face death penalty but will not get justice in military court, warns Winnie Byanyima, UNAids chief

The Independent UK

A twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS. But will it get to everyone who needs it?

A twice-yearly shot that prevents HIV infections will be available at low cost in 120 poor countries

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