The global fight to prevent new HIV cases by 2030 is facing its most significant setback in decades, according to the UN’s latest annual report.

Experts warned the sudden funding cuts to international HIV prevention schemes over the past year could result in over 3.3 million new HIV infections over the next five years.

Many countries, including the US, France, the UK, and Germany, have proposed or enacted spending cuts to numerous prevention schemes created to end new transmissions by 2030.

The abrupt reductions include president Donald Trump’s executive order rescinding federal funding for numerous HIV research schemes, as well as the UK government’s plans to cut funding for international aid programmes.

The UN’s global HIV prevention programme, UNAIDS, warned a lack of “global solida

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