UNAids chief ‘shaken and disgusted’ by US cuts that will mean millions more deaths | Global development
The president of the global agency fighting AIDS, the president of the global agency, expects to rise HIV rates and expects deaths in the next four years as a direct impact of the “seismic” USA to help expenditures.
Unaids General Manager Winnie Byanyima said that if the financing permanently disappears, the world has faced 6 million more HIV infections and 4 million. Deaths related to AIDS Until 2029.
“This fatal financing crisis, a global reaction was completely removed. International Development Fund Summit Seville this week in Spain.
Byanyima, a Ugandan aviation engineer and politician who has been leading Ununaids since 2019, said the worst experience of his life to see the effect of Donald Trump’s cuts.
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Which countries are the worst affected by the HIV epidemic?
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• Eastern and South African countries are at the center of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and about half All people living with HIV.
• Number of people living with HIV in 2023 7.7 million Approximately 12% of the population in South Africa. Adult HIV prevalence exceeds 10% of the population Eswatini– Botsvana– Lesoto And Zimbabve.
Globally, 1.3 million new cases will be added in 2023 world sum About 39.9 million people. 53% of them are women and girls.
Since the beginning of the outbreak 198142.3 million people died of AIDS -related disease.
• In the first daysAIDS denial in Europe and North America was caught in South Africa and became a major problem for medical experts. Intervention In 2000, Nelson Mandela was thought to turn the tide.
• UN-Accepted target (Sustainable Development Objective) to terminate AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 and significantly reduce new HIV infections, but not on the road.
“I have been ruined personally. Terrible. Shaking and disgust. I have no English words to be used,” he said, confessing to resign from the role of the pure scale of the challenge in the face of these big sections.
“But I can’t escape. I told myself I will fix it.
US Global Health Finance stopped For the last few years, and the countries, including the UK, are actively moving away from the target expenditures of 0.7% of GDP, which UN member states set themselves in 2015. However, Trump suddenly stopped Pepfar in 2003 to provide treatment, prevention and care for people affected by HIV/assistance by Cumhurge Bush in 2003. Experts, then pepfar financing in certain parts of the vague waiver has no effect on the ground, he said.
Byan Each year donors were diminishing and the war in Ukraine saw accelerated, ”Byanyima said. “But shock… Pepfar was 60% of my budget.
“This is a drop, a drop of money in one of these rich G7 countries,” he said. “And it has done a lot for this very vulnerable people. And you still spend more on wars. The rich men at the top are moving away from the poor.
“Such a crisis, to create such a pain and such anger. This segment, lost their work, loyal support, research ended, vulnerable people were abandoned. And deaths. Immediately eliminating, we are very worried about new infections and deaths, so we are very concerned about new infections and deaths.
Im I had to have therapy to keep myself strong to be there for others.
“This is a big change because it is very dependent on geopolitics and power shifts. Sismic. But after the first panic wave and pain, we must work hard to quickly change life, less than half of what we have.
“If Arvs is, we should not lose 12 million people have already lost [antiretrovirals] Money was shared all over the world instead of being held by pharmaceutical companies. Now we face it, more deaths. Health is a human right, no one should die if we can prevent it.
“But of course many people will die, many vulnerable people have already lost support, young girls, boys who have sex with boys, these are hiding, fleeing people.
“There will be 6 million more people infected to the world,” he said. “This has already begun.”
Byanyima said that the loss of overseas development aid on all sides focused on the unjust path that Africa is discussed in terms of financing, debt interest and risk rates by the West, and illegal financing flows.
“African countries are fighting. More than others. But they don’t lie and don’t die and they don’t hold a bowl that begs for more help.
“We need debt justice, we need tax justice. The amount of money flowing from south to north was larger for a long time and it is clear to see it.
“The message is also open for all of us. The help model can no longer stand, very unpredictable, the future must have less about philanthropy and more about international solidarity.”
