The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that cuts in international funding could reverse decades of progress in the fight against HIV across Africa, with Nigeria among countries most at risk due to its heavy reliance on donor support for prevention, testing and treatment programmes.
The warning is contained in WHO’s latest assessment of the Global Health Sector Strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), released on Monday during the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026).
The report said that although global HIV infections have dropped by 42 per cent and AIDS-related deaths by 57 per cent since 2010, about nine million people worldwide are still without life-saving treatment, while funding disruptions recorded in 2025 have already affected prevention services in several countries.
WHO noted that access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a key medicine used to prevent HIV infection, declined in some countries following reductions in donor
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