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The US financing reduction will lead to an additional 2000 new HIV infection every day and more than six million deaths over the next four years, the UNIDS leader warned.

In the world fight against HIV, it was noted by a sharp reversal, which observed that the number of deaths from the disease is reduced with more than two million in 2004 to 600,000 in 2023, in the last year for which the figures are available.

UNAIDS Executive Director Wini Banima said the US government’s decision to stop foreign aid – which included HIV funding – already has devastating consequences.

She urged the US to cancel the cuts immediately, warning that women and girls were particularly hit.

US President Donald Trump has paused for foreign aid within the initial 90 days, on his first day as part of a state expense review. Most US Agency’s International Development Programs (USAID) have been stopped since then.

Many US HIV treatment programs have received stops, which led to the clinics of mothers and children in Africa, as well as a serious lack of life that saves antiretroviral (ARV).

Ms. Benim said she was afraid of returning in the 1990s, when HIV was virtually available in poor countries, and infections and deaths flew.

For many years, the United States has been the only largest sponsor of HIV treatment and prevention, and MS Byanima thanked Washington for their generosity and humanity.

She added that it was “reasonable” for the US to want to cut funding – over time, “but said” sudden abolition of rescue support (had) devastating impact. “

There was no sign that Washington was listening to the course change.

Traditional assistance donors in Europe also plan to reduce funding, and UNVARS – a joint UN agency fighting HIV – has no sign that other countries could enter to fill the gap left by the United States.

Speaking in Geneva on Monday, Ms. Benima described the case of Juliana, a young woman in Kenya, who lives with HIV. She worked in a program funded by the United States that supported new mothers to access treatment to make sure that their children did not develop the disease.

At the suspended program, Ms. Benim said that Julian not only did not work, but since she was still breastfeeding her younger baby, she was also afraid to lose the necessary treatment.

Earlier, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that eight countries – Nigeria, Kenya, Lesota, South Sudan, Burkina -faso, Mali, Haiti and Ukraine – may soon end in HIV drugs.

Who Chief of Tedroz Alena Gebreyz warned that the violation of HIV programs “could cancel 20 years of progress”.

In February, the Lobist Group leading in South Africa, the Treatment Company (TAC) warned that the country could see the return when patients with HIV fought for access to the required treatment.

“We cannot let die, we cannot afford to return to the years when we suffered from access to services, especially for people who live with HIV treatment,” said Tac Sibongile Tshabalala.

Ms Byanyima also offered a deal to the Trump administration, offering the opportunity to sell a new US, developed by ARV, millions.

The Lennocopus made by the US company Gilead is given an injection every six months, and UNIDES believes that 10 million people can benefit from this.

Profit and jobs resulting from such a deal would be very profitable for the US, added by Byanyima.

UNAIDS is one of a number of UN agencies that are facing financing.

The UN Refugee Agency suggested that it may have to lose 6,000 jobs, while UNICEF warned that progress on infant mortality was threatened, and the world food program had to reduce the diet in the hunger regions.