Looming funding shortfall could reverse global progress against AIDS, warns UNAIDS chief

The world risks reversing decades of progress in the fight against AIDS if urgent funding gaps aren’t addressed, UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima warned on Monday during a press conference at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4).

Byanyima revealed that up to 4.2 million more AIDS-related deaths, including 300,000 children, could occur by 2029 if international funding continues to dwindle. In…