Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a dangerous virus that weakens the human immune system. This virus targets the cells of the body that help the body fight infection. If HIV infection is not treated, it can turn into HIV AIDS. AIDS is a serious disease, causing millions of people worldwide. The AIDS report of the United Nations states that in the year 2023, 6.30 lakh people will die due to AIDS. Now a new study has come to light on HIV, in which scientists have claimed that by 2030 more than 10 crore people can be infected with HIV and may die of 3 million people.
A recent study by a Lancet found that international funding cuts for HIV could be dangerous. This can greatly increase the risk of infection and death by 2030. The figures given by scientists in this regard are very scary.
F funding cut for HIV prevention programs
HIV prevention and international funding cuts for treatment programs may further worsen the condition by 2030. A study conducted by a team from the Burnett Institute in Melbourne, Australia estimates a 24 percent decline in HIV funding by 2026. According to a new study, major donors such as the US, Britain, France, Germany and Netherlands have announced a reduction of 8 to 70 percent in HIV funding. This has made it difficult to stop HIV.
Contributes more than 90 percent
According to the study, all these countries contribute more than 90 percent to global HIV aid and any deduction in funding by these countries can increase HIV infection and mortality. If this fall continues, between 2025 and 2030, 4.4 million to 18 million new HIV infections and 770,000 to 2.9 million deaths may occur. Since the arrival of the new US President Donald Trump on 20 January, the US has reduced HIV funding significantly and has stopped HIV aid. This has adversely affected services such as antiretroviral therapy, prevention and testing, which play an important role in HIV treatment and prevention efforts.
Therefore infection may increase.
Dr. of Burnett Institute Debra Ten Brink said the US has made the greatest contribution to the treatment and prevention of HIV, but the cuts in funding have obstructed the fight against HIV. If other donors cut the country financing, the progress made in recent decades may fail, which may pose a threat to the re -emergence of global HIV epidemics. This will have the most impact on sub-city and marginalized population, people who have been injecting drugs, sex workers and men having sex with men. Reducing HIV prevention programs for these groups may further increase the infection rate.
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