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Less money, less prevention, more risks. A new UN report warns about the consequences of an unprecedented drop in international aid: a decline in testing, weakened access to treatment, and cutback prevention programs in the hardest-hit countries. To the point of raising fears of a resurgence of the epidemic.
The shock is brutal for countries that rely on international aid to contain HIV. The reduction in funding disrupts prevention systems, weakens access to treatment, and creates conditions for a resurgence in transmissions.
Prevention programs are among the first victims of this disengagement. In some countries, funding for condoms has dropped by more than 90%. Meanwhile, the use of PrEP, the preventive treatment against HIV, fell by 38% between 2024 and 2025 in the 62 countries that reported their data to UNAIDS, the United Nations agency dedicated to fighting the virus.
