6m people could die from AIDS if US funding stops: UN
Although a waiver was placed on HIV/AIDS programmes in last month's US foreign aid funding freeze, many concerns remain about the future, a UNAIDS official says
February 09, 2025 00:00:00
NEW YORK, Feb 08 (Reuters): More than six million people could die from HIV and AIDS in the next four years if US President Donald Trump's administration pulls its global funding for programmes, the United Nations AIDS agency said on Friday.
Although a waiver was placed on HIV/AIDS programmes in last month's US foreign aid funding freeze, many concerns remained about the future of treatment programmes, the deputy executive director of UNAIDS told reporters in Geneva.
"There is a lot of confusion especially on the community level, how the waiver will be implemented. We're seeing a lot of disruption of delivery of treatment services", Christine Stegling said.
Trump put hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of foreign aid donations on hold for 90 days upon taking office on Jan 20.
