Brazil’s HIV advocates say they predicted USAID funding cuts: ‘We would see the trends’
At the Aids 2026 conference, Brazilian advocates said health systems need to be more independent from foreign fundingHIV advocates from Brazil, whose health system operates independently from foreign aid, say they predicted a dramatic reduction in donor funding for HIV and wish other countries had prioritized independence sooner.While the dissolution of USAID might “feel like a rupture”, it’s something advocates at the Brazilian HIV NGO Gestos have seen coming for a long time, Juliana Cesar, Gestos’s political liaison coordinator, said during a session at the Aids 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro.
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Brazilian HIV advocates said they expected USAID funding to be cut. They spoke at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro. They argued that health systems should not depend on foreign aid. They warned that losing USAID would feel like a rupture but they had seen it coming.
Why it matters
Cuts to USAID could reduce HIV treatment and prevention services worldwide. The advocates’ warning shows why countries need to build their own health funding.
- Who predicted the USAID funding cuts?
- Brazilian HIV advocates from the NGO Gestos predicted the cuts.
- Where did they make their prediction?
- They spoke at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro.
- What do they suggest countries should do?
- They suggest countries should make their health systems independent from foreign aid.
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Brazil’s HIV advocates say they predicted USAID funding cuts: ‘We would see the trends’
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