How can countries save the lives of people living with HIV? | Inside Story

The United Nations' AIDS agency is warning that severe international funding cuts could lead to an additional 4 million AIDS-related deaths by 2029. The US was the single biggest donor to the global response to HIV/AIDS before the Trump administration abruptly halted foreign development assistance in January. UNAIDS says the withdrawal of assistance will have catastrophic consequences for the fight against the pandemic. So, what can countries do to reduce the impact of the funding cuts? And why did wealthy nations end support for AIDS prevention and treatment programmes? Presenter: Adrian Finighan Guests: Dr Helen Rees -- Director of the Reproductive Health and HIV Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand Dr Krishna Udayakumar -- Founding director of the Duke Global Health Innovation Center Nidhi Bouri -- Former Deputy Assistant Administrator for Global Health at USAID Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #HIV #AIDS #UNAIDS #HIVFundingCrisis #GlobalHealth #AIDSCrisis #HIVTreatment #HIVAIDSPandemic #PublicHealth #FundingCuts #AIDSDeaths #HealthEquity #AlJazeeraEnglish