HIV is spread by bodily fluids such as blood, breast milk or semen. It gradually weakens the body’s immune system and makes it vulnerable to disease, including ones rarely seen in otherwise healthy people. The surprising emergence of such cases in the 1980s is what tipped off health experts to what became known as the AIDS epidemic.

The U.S. government's foreign aid freeze has upended the supply chain for medical products crucial for fighting diseases including HIV and malaria in some of the world's poorest countries, and life-threatening gaps could persist for months,

The consequences of a U.S. retreat from the global response to HIV/AIDS would be immense, jeopardizing 40 years of progress.

South African lab technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded scientists for decades, when the order came from USAID to stop work. The first round of vaccines she and her colleagues made in Johannesburg had produced an immune response in rabbits,

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The Department of Health said it would provide HIV patients with antiretrovirals for six months after the United States government cut funding for HIV programmes.

South Africa has more people living with HIV than any other country, and US President Donald Trump’s aid freeze has hit patients hard – as well as researchers, who were close to a breakthrough in

If PEPFAR is not reauthorized for the next four years, and without other resources for the HIV response, there would be 6.3 million AIDS-related deaths in the near future, a 400% increase, Christine Stegling, the deputy executive director of the United Nations agency tasked with tackling HIV and AIDS, UNAIDS.

New infections of HIV could rise 6 times by 2029 if the Trump ... UNAIDS says there could be a dramatic rise in cases if the the United States permanently cuts funding through the U.S. President ...

The United States Government (USG) support to Zambia is estimated at $600 million annually, of which $367 million was committed for the national HIV response for 2025 under the Presidential Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

The group released a statement today expressing that they are eager to work with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to eradicate HIV when steps into his role as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

The United States government has expressed its willingness to continue supporting humanitarian projects under way in Mozambique, including the assistance aimed at fighting against HIV/AIDS. According to US Ambassador to Mozambique,