Over 10 million more people could be infected with HIV and nearly 3 million people could die by the end of the decade because of foreign aid cuts by Western governments, new research published today found.
The study, published in The Lancet HIV, estimates the potential public health impact of planned or proposed cuts by the top five donor countries — the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany and the Netherlands — which currently account for 90 percent of all international HIV funding.
The greatest impact would be in sub-Saharan Africa and among vulnerable and marginalized populations who are already at a higher risk of acquiring HIV, such as people who inject drugs, sex workers, men who have sex with men and children.