00:00United Nations program on HIV AIDS, UN AIDS, warned on Friday that cuts in international funding threatened to reverse decades
00:09of progress in the fight against HIV AIDS, jeopardizing the global goal of ending the epidemic by 2030.
00:16According to the annual global report published by UNED, an estimated 570,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses in
00:282025, representing a 9.5% decrease from the previous year.
00:32Currently, 40.9 million people are living with HIV worldwide, representing a 25% increase since 2010.
00:41However, AIDS-related deaths have fallen by 57% during the period, while access to life-saving antiretroviral treatment has
00:50skyrocketed from 24% 15 years ago to 78% today.
00:55United Nations agency warned that the current pace of progress remains insufficient to meet the health goals of the 2030
01:04Agenda.
01:08We're truly at a perilous moment.
01:11Decades of progress in the AIDS response are at risk just when we should be getting to the finish line.
01:16For the first time, there is a real possibility of reversal.
01:20Yes, HIV infections and AIDS deaths are at their lowest in over 30 years, but we're still far off track
01:29to end AIDS by 2030.
01:31There were 1.2 million new HIV infections at the end of 2025, 43% lower than 2010, but nowhere
01:41close to the target of 370,000 by 2025.
01:46Without sustained financing and increased domestic financing, we risk treatment interruptions.
01:55And what this means is rising deaths and rising new infections.
01:59And let's be clear, there are still 8.8 million, nearly 9 million people living with HIV that do not
02:08have access to that life-saving treatment.
02:10Ending AIDS requires shared responsibility, national leadership, and global solidarity.
02:18We do know how to end AIDS, but the question now is political.
02:26Will we invest?
02:28Will we invest?
02:28Will we invest?
02:28Will we invest?
02:28Will we invest?
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