The goal of ending AIDS cannot be reached without access to proper care and treatment for all people living with HIV, and action to bring down the large numbers of people newly acquiring HIV (1.3 million in 2022, far above the global target of 500,000 by 2025). More than 40 years after the first cases, the AIDS pandemic continues to pose a major barrier to global development, and COVID-19 has had a serious and significant impact on the ability of healthcare services to reach global targets on...

The goal of ending AIDS cannot be reached without access to proper care and treatment for all people living with HIV, and action to bring down the large numbers of people newly acquiring HIV (1.3 million in 2022, far above the global target of 500,000 by 2025). More than 40 years after the first cases, the AIDS pandemic continues to pose a major barrier to global development, and COVID-19 has had a serious and significant impact on the ability of healthcare services to reach global targets on HIV and AIDS. Recent reductions in the UK’s bilateral aid spending on HIV and AIDS, alongside major cuts to its funding to UNAIDS, Unitaid and the Globa Type: conclusion | Number: 15 | Response status: accepted Government response: Partially Agree 55. The FCDO partially agrees that the AIDS epidemic continues to pose a major barrier to global development, and acknowledge the impact of COVID-19 on the ability of healthcare services to reach global targets on many health agendas, including HIV and