World AIDS Day 2025: UNAIDS Warns of Funding Crisis Threatening Global Progress
By Newsroom · Port-au-Prince
· 1 min read · Updated 24 April 2026
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GENEVA.— On the occasion of World AIDS Day, celebrated under the theme «Overcoming disruptions, transforming the AIDS response», UNAIDS sounds the alarm: in 2025, an unprecedented funding crisis jeopardizes decades of progress in HIV prevention and treatment.
Community services, essential for reaching marginalized populations, are weakened, while the rise of punitive laws criminalizing sexual orientation, gender identity, or drug use makes access to care even more difficult. In this context, the global goal of eliminating AIDS by 2030 appears threatened.
UNAIDS calls for urgent international mobilization, estimating that national resources are no longer sufficient. It advocates for the removal of legal and social barriers, as well as for coordinated funding to strengthen prevention and treatment programs.
The agency recalls that reliable data collection has been one of the pillars of the global response, enabling targeted interventions and ensuring accountability.
Finally, it invites the public to participate in the global campaign using the hashtags #WorldAIDSDay2025 and #EndAIDS to support the global effort to end the epidemic.
Jean Mapou
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