World risks HIV resurgence as funding falls 18%, UNAIDS says

July 28, 2026
“The international community has entered a period of profound political and financial upheaval that threatens decades of hard-won gains against HIV,” UNAIDS said in its 60-page report ​released at the start of an International AIDS ⁠conference in Brazil. “Without ‌renewed commitment and action, the world risks a resurgence of the HIV ​epidemic.”