Additional Context: Data collected by UNAIDS in 2026 from countries around the world show that HIV funding disruptions severely impacted HIV prevention, testing, critical interventions addressing barriers to services, and community-led services that reach the people most affected by HIV. UNAIDS notes that prevention programs traditionally relied heavily on donor assistance, with dependency reaching 83% for prevention programs in sub-Saharan Africa.

Devex Researcher Note: Terminated PEPFAR-funded projects included those working at an institutional level to make local policies and regulations more accommodating to preventative care, for example, by instating social contracting laws which allow governments to contract civil society organizations to provide community-level services, linking communities more efficiently to public health systems.

Source: UNAIDS