Aid cuts hit disease prevention harder than treatment, Global Fund chief says

A silhouette of a woman living with HIV, as sits in her home in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria, February 12, 2026. REUTERS/Marvellous Durowaiye/File Photo

LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Efforts to prevent people from getting AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis were hit harder by global aid cuts last year than services to treat existing patients, according to the head of a global partnership to fight the three killer diseases.