The Trump administration has cut most of its foreign aid contracts, amounting to around $60 billion in aid and has cut funding to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). 

We are now entering an AIDS emergency.

While Frontline AIDS receives no US funding, half of our partners – 27 out of our 54 global partners – are impacted by the American foreign aid cuts. Together, we demand a new era of leadership and collaboration in the global HIV response.

The cuts will see millions of people living with and affected by HIV without access to services, including HIV prevention, testing and treatment. This includes services to key populations – gay men and other men who have sex with men, transgender people, people who use drugs, and sex workers.

UNAIDS estimates that AIDS-related deaths will increase by tenfold to 6.3 million with over eight million new HIV infections by 2030. Frontline AIDS and its partners have been working towards ending AIDS 2030 as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, recently introduced a set of measures to ensure continuity of essential programming while pausing some areas of investment, whilst it undergoes a reprioritisation and revisions process. This measure reflects an uncertain global health funding outlook that has already seen reductions in official development assistance from many European governments.

We are working with our partners to capture the impact of an uncertain funding climate, secure alternative financing and lobby governments to minimise disruption to services.

The Frontline AIDS partnership is made up of 54 partners working in over 100 countries around the world – the largest global partnership of community and civil society organisations working together to end AIDS – headquartered in the UK and South Africa.

frontline aids AND PARTNERS in the news

How sexual violence survivors in South Africa are now collateral damage of Trump’s aid cuts  – The Independent (May 2025) – features NACOSA’s GBV intervention programme, GRIP

Haitians with HIV defy stigma as they publicly denounce USAID cuts and dwindling medication – Associated Press (May 2025) – features our partner in Haiti, Promoters of Zero AIDS Goal

How US funding cuts are threatening South African families living with HIV – Al Jazeera (April 2025) – features NACOSA’s GBV intervention programme, GRIP

Campaigners and charities horrified by revelations about impact of Trump’s ‘reckless’ USAID cuts – The Independent (April 2025)

Trump USAID cuts make impact in South Africa – Channel 4 News, (March 2025) – The GBV intervention programme, GRIP, was supported by our partner in South Africa, NACOSA

Experts warn of threat to global health as US freezes overseas aid – BBC (Feb 2025)

Trump’s gutting of USAID sends chill through Southeast Asia – Al Jazeera (Feb 2025) – features Choub Sok Chamreun, Executive Director of our partner, KHANA Cambodia

The man died: There are many who will not survive – TV2 Norway (Feb 2025)