According to a new report from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the fight against HIV is currently facing a serious crisis—a decline in external funding, restrictions on human rights, and a lack of investment in prevention and community support.

In 2025, international development assistance from a number of countries fell by 23 percent.

This has impacted the situation on the ground. In regions with an unfavorable epidemiological situation, HIV testing rates fell by 22 percent between 2024 and 2025. As a result, people are unable to learn their status and begin treatment in time, and the virus continues to spread.

In some cases, funding for condom procurement has been cut by more than 90 percent. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (daily medication to protect against infection) has also declined sharply.

Without stable external funding and increased domestic spending, there is a serious risk of treatment disruptions, which will inevitably lead to a surge in deaths and infections.

According to the report, since 2010, an increase in new HIV infections has been recorded in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and Latin America.

Nevertheless, positive trends have also been identified. The share of country-funded funding in total HIV funding increased from 28 percent in 2010 to 52 percent in 2024.

Since January 2025, more than 54 countries have committed to increasing their domestic funding. These include Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

UNAIDS welcomes new financial commitments from donors (in particular, the United States and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria), which will allow to build a co-investment system with countries and plan for the transition to self-financing.

It should be noted that as of May 1, 2026, 15,732 cases of HIV infection have been registered in the Kyrgyz Republic, of which 14,802 are among Kyrgyzstanis and 930 are among foreign citizens.