Global HIV funding suffers biggest decline in decades as US cuts threaten progress, UNAIDS warns
The reports, unveiled on Monday at the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) in Rio de Janeiro, show that international donor funding fell by 25 per cent in 2025—marking the sharpest annual decrease since global HIV financing began expanding.
Global funding for HIV programmes has recorded its largest single-year decline since international scale-up efforts began, raising urgent concerns over the future of HIV treatment and prevention, according to new reports released by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
Although several countries have increased domestic health spending, many remain reliant on international partners to finance HIV medicines, laboratory services, community outreach and prevention programmes.
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