Devastating HIV aid cuts could result in almost three million deaths by 2030, experts warn

Experts and HIV charities have warned that cuts to prevention initiatives, including the far-reaching rollback of funding caused by the freezing of US aid – could have devastating effects on infection rates around the world.

Researchers warned that global infection rates could rocket by more than 10 million by 2030 because of cuts to aid in countries such as the US, France, the UK, Germany and the Netherlands.

In an analysis of proposed and planned cuts to HIV prevention schemes, published on Wednesday (26 March), researchers at the Burnet Institute, in Australia, warned that there could be up to 2.9 million more HIV-related deaths worldwide by the start of the next decade.

The research comes after Donald Trump rescinded federal funding for numerous HIV-related research schemes

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