Fewer children got US-backed HIV treatment after aid cuts: Study
Around 77 000 fewer children worldwide received HIV treatment supported by the US in the year to October 2025 than in the previous fiscal year, according to a study that found declines after the Trump administration’s cuts and changes to foreign aid.
The analysis of US government data found US-supported paediatric HIV treatment fell by around 14% year-on-year, although the researchers said more detailed country-level data were needed to assess the full impact.
Other agencies and national governments may have stepped in to keep children on treatment – a stated aim of the US- and the decline in coverage is also slightly lower if “central support”, or US funding for national or sub-national level work, rather than at clinics, is included: around 55 000 fewer children were reached last year under that metric.
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