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Can you stop malaria crossing borders? One nation’s bid to wipe out the disease

Informal migration, plus climate change and rising numbers of cases globally, are complicating the tireless efforts of landlocked Eswatini to eradicate the killer disease

The Guardian - UK

EU pledges €700m to the Global Fund as cuts worldwide threaten international health aid

The European Commission has lowered its contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria as donors worldwide scale back contributions to global health aid.

Euronews

This popular iPhone colour is now officially extinct

A report on Macrumors has spotted the last PRODUCT(RED) device is now officially sold out.

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‘No more than a drop in the ocean’: this drug could end new HIV infections in Eswatini – why isn’t there enough?

The southern Africa country has the world’s highest prevalence of HIV but the amount of lenacapavir reaching it is too small to reach all those at risk

The Guardian - UK

UK ‘strongly disagrees’ with US approach over health aid, says Yvette Cooper

Giving evidence to parliament’s International Development Committee, the foreign secretary said that the UK would continue to prioritise those areas that the US has said it will no longer fund under Donald Trump

The Independent UK

UK climate aid cuts ‘short-sighted’ and leave ‘fossil fuel profits untouched’, campaigners say

‘Cutting this budget at a time of such intense global upheaval goes against the warnings from the government's own national security advisers and food experts’

The Independent UK

UK slashes aid to poorest nations in ‘moral catastrophe’ of 40% savings – and fails to protect HIV funding fully

Ministers fear backlash from MPs over cuts to spending – despite seeking to protect some funding to help women and girls around the world

The Independent UK

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France cuts funding for Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria by more than half

France cut its contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 58 percent on Thursday, confirming a major reduction in funding that health organisations warn will cost lives.

Radio France Internationale

Ending the AIDS crisis is within reach – but the UK has to lead the way by not cutting key funding

COMMENT: Aid cuts by the US, and planned cuts by the UK, risk undermining decades of progress and could put millions of lives in danger, writes Beccy Cooper

The Independent UK

The Independent calls on government to help end Aids pandemic

Chief international correspondent Bel Trew tells parliament’s International Development Select Committee that our call to protect funding will help save lives

The Independent UK

Minister refuses to say if UK HIV funding will be fully protected from aid cuts

Jennifer Chapman, the minister of state for international development and Africa, says the UK will still work with organisations that have ‘proved themselves effective’

The Independent UK

HIV funding still falls short of targets after pledges: what’s at stake

The US government paused all foreign assistance in January 2025. This abrupt decision affected the delivery of life-saving HIV medicines and the provision of HIV prevention services to millions of people. A UNAIDS report estimates there could be an additional 6 million new HIV infections and 4 million Aids-related deaths…

The Conversation

Aid cuts are an opportunity for Africa to take control of the health of the continent, says leading doctor

INTERVIEW: While the slashing of funding is a ‘painful experience’, it should prompt African governments to do more to tackle corruption, raise taxes and manufacture medical supplies locally, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention head Dr Jean Kaseya tells Rachel Schraer

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer urged to protect HIV funding for once-in-a-generation opportunity to end Aids

Coalition of charities and MPs have signed a letter from Geordie Greig, editor-in-chief of The Independent, appealing to the prime minister to grasp the chance to ‘make Aids history’

The Independent UK

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Five big global health wins in 2025 that will save millions of lives

From HIV to TB, scientists and doctors made breakthroughs in treatment and prevention of some of the world’s deadliest diseases

Radio France Internationale

World AIDS Day highlights major innovations amid decline in global funding

As World AIDS Day is marked around the globe, rapid scientific progress is being overshadowed by funding shortfalls and weakened health systems that are putting the global fight against HIV at risk.

Euronews

Global Fund faces shortfall as several European donors cut contributions

The European Union’s influence and contribution to global health is quietly receding in a broader decline in donations to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

The Independent UK

Millions of lives at risk from HIV, TB and malaria funding cuts

One of the world’s biggest funders of the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria faces reduced funding for life-saving work over the next three years.

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The Independent UK

Inside the lab hunting for Disease X – and the next pandemic

ON THE GROUND: As rich countries turn their back on foreign aid, the Institut Pasteur in Senegal is preparing the continent to fight deadly diseases that can spread silently across borders. Rachel Schraer reports

The Guardian - UK

Control of HIV, TB and malaria at risk after global health fund donations fall

World leaders pledge just over $11bn, short of the $18bn experts say is needed to stay on track to tackle challenges

The Guardian - UK

UK warned that 15% cut to health fund will force ‘impossible choices’ on Africa

Advocates fear that other donors will follow Britain’s reduction to the Global Fund for Aids, TB and malaria

Euronews

UK pledges £850 million to fight malaria, tuberculosis, and AIDS, down 15% from 2022

The UK’s diminished pledge comes amid cuts to global health from other major donors.

The Independent UK

Voices: The UK used to proudly lead the world on international aid – now we don’t save lives that we should

COMMENT: The £150m cut to the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a mistake, writes MP Fleur Anderson. But the upcoming Budget is a chance to change course

The Independent UK

UK’s £150m cut to worldwide fund fighting deadly diseases will force ‘impossible life-or-death decisions’

The cut from £1bn to £850m pledged to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria – risking 250,000 lives – was revealed by The Independent last week

The Independent UK

African HIV services face double blow of cuts from both Trump and UK

ON THE GROUND: Britain has significantly slashed its contribution to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria – compounding aid cuts announced by Donald Trump earlier this year

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