The world could lose six million people in the next four years following US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw foreign aid funds.
This is according to the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, who warned that the world is at risk of experiencing another Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) pandemic and losing the progress made in treatment and prevention over the last two decades if the US does not restore the aid. "If US aid funding is not restored, the world is at risk of the AIDS pandemic resurging globally, losing the progress in HIV treatment and prevention that we've made over the last 25 years," Byanyima explained.
According to Byanyima, there is a risk of an increase in infections, adding an excess of 2,000 new HIV infections each day and over six million further deaths over the next four years.
US President Donald Trump speaking after his swearing-in at the U.S.
