India, July 29 -- Deep cuts in global HIV funding are putting decades of progress against the epidemic at risk, warned a new report released by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS).

The report, United to end AIDS, launched on July 27, 2026 during the 26th International AIDS Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (July 27-31), noted that although annual new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths have fallen to their lowest levels in more than 30 years, the global HIV response has become increasingly fragile and the goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 is under serious threat.

Achieving the global goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 will require annual HIV investments of $21.9 billion ...