Update on the impact of US cuts on the global AIDS response

Dear colleagues, 

UNAIDS is monitoring how the pause, review and termination of US support for HIV programs is affecting countries, communities, community organizations, healthcare workers, people living with and affected by HIV and the overall HIV response.  See resources prepared by UNAIDS below, which we encourage you to amplify through your networks and channels.  

UNAIDS Website

We have created a special page on the UNAIDS website to host all the information related to the impact of the pause, review and termination of US support on the global AIDS response. On the special page you will find the latest country and regional updates, links to statements and other important resources from UNAIDS, cosponsors, the US Government and external partners, which are updated daily. Finally, you will find a section with dashboards that monitor the continuity of HIV programmes amidst the funding shifts. The new special page can be accessed HERE

Below please find some of the highlights you can find on the special web:

• Read the latest SITUATION REPORT here: Impact of US funding freeze on the global AIDS response - Weekly update – week of 10 March 2025 

• To date, we have updates from many of the 55 PEPFAR partner countries including Botswana,  Côte d'Ivoire,  Kenya,  Mali,  South Africa,  Ukraine,  Zambia,  Dominican Republic,  Honduras,  Latin America and the Caribbean,  Mozambique,  Tajikistan,  Cameroon,  Ethiopia,  Indonesia,  Malawi,  Namibia and Uganda. To view all country, weekly and regional updates please visit Country updates on the impact of US funding cuts on the global HIV response  

Read related statements from UNAIDS and Cosponsors here:   

• Secretary-General's press encounter on the UN80 Initiative (12 March 2025)
• Statement by UNICEF Executive Director on global foreign aid reductions (5 March 2025 

• United Nations Secretary-General's remarks to the press (28 Feb 2025) 

• Statement by UNFPA Executive Director on the United States Government funding cuts (28 Feb 2025) 

• WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing (12 Feb 2025) 

• UNAIDS urges that all essential HIV services must continue while U.S. pauses its funding for foreign aid | UNAIDS (1 Feb 2025)  

• WHO statement on potential global threat to people living with HIV (28 Jan 2025) 

Social Media

The Country updates and situation reports are being shared on social media weekly through ‘carousels’ to provide audiences with main highlights of the impact.  

Please use and share the carousels:  Botswana, Cameroon, Côte D’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia,  Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Country compilation (Honduras, Mali, South Africa, Zambia), Latin America and the Caribbean, and others. 

All the social media materials are updated on a daily basis, and can be found here: Social Media Materials (US Funding). 

For real-time updates on the US decision, follow UNAIDS on UNAIDS X (Twitter), LinkedIn , Bluesky, Instagram.

Media

UNAIDS has been working with journalists and media around the world to highlight how the pause, review and termination of US support for HIV programs is affecting countries, communities, community organizations, healthcare workers, people living with and affected by HIV and the overall HIV response.

UNAIDS has been speaking to the press - more than 50 media interviews since 20 January resulting in hundreds of news articles and stories including:  

Al Jazeera, Science, CNN, and CNN, Time, Newsweek, BBC Newsnight, BBC Newsday, BBC Africa, Channel 4, AP, Reuters, Le Monde, EuroNews, Vatican News, SABC, PBS Newshour, ABC, Houston Chronicle, New York Post among others.  

See full list of media coverage here: 2025_MediaMonitoring_UNAIDS_US Funding.docx 

Please contact us with other updates that you would like to be highlighted by UNAIDS.

Best regards, 

UNAIDS Communications and Global Advocacy