“The funding crisis has exposed the fragility of the progress we fought so hard to achieve. Behind every data point in this report are people—babies and children missed for HIV screening or early HIV diagnosis, young women cut off from prevention support, and communities suddenly left without services and care. We cannot abandon them. We must overcome this disruption and transform the AIDS response.
This is our moment to choose. We can allow these shocks to undo decades of hard-won gains, or we can unite behind the shared vision of ending AIDS. Millions of lives depend on the choices we make today.”
— Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS
Every minute, someone dies of HIV. That’s 630,000 lives every year.
But there is hope. An end to AIDS is within reach.
We now know what it takes:
- find everyone living with HIV
- treat everyone who needs it, and
- stop the virus in its tracks.
Countries like Botswana, Denmark, Eswatini, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe are proving what’s possible, with 95% of people in those countries living with HIV reached, treated, and virally suppressed.
New innovations are revolutionizing treatment. From the first antiretrovirals that turned HIV from a death sentence into a manageable condition, to new long-acting injectables that free people from daily pills, science keeps expanding what’s possible.
Global solidarity is making the impossible possible. Through The Global Fund — the world’s largest multilateral funder of the fight against AIDS — the world is coming together to provide 26% of all international HIV financing, save millions of lives, and move closer to ending AIDS for good.
Hope alone won’t end AIDS. Action and investment will.
Click here for UN AIDS’ press release with a link to its 2025 World AIDS Day report, Overcoming Disruption: Transforming the AIDS Response.
