The world risks a resurgence of the HIV epidemic after global funding fell by nearly a fifth last year, the U.N. body fighting AIDS said on Monday.

Funding Decrease

Funding fell by 18% to $7.3 billion in 2025, which was the lowest level in nearly two decades, the report said. This decrease risks reversing progress that has driven down new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths to their lowest level in more than 30 years.

The impact of foreign funding cuts for HIV was partially offset, however, by increases in domestic spending. That meant an overall decline of 6% in total HIV resources last year, the UNAIDS report said.

Regional Impact

Some of the biggest declines in spending on prevention programmes were in sub-Saharan Africa, which accounts for about half of new global infections. National data for Cameroon, Nigeria and Zambia showed more than a 50% decline in the number of people receiving pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP.

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