Overview

• UNAIDS premiered a Ron Nyswaner–produced film at the United Nations featuring Prince Harry, Charlize Theron, Magic Johnson and Thuso Mbedu calling for renewed commitments.
• The agency projects up to 6 million additional HIV infections and 4 million AIDS-related deaths by 2029 if financing is not fully restored.
• Reports tie recent cutbacks to shortages of community health workers and data staff in high-burden countries including Eswatini, Mozambique and South Africa.
• Prince Harry cautions that care interruptions are leading to babies being born with HIV and urges governments to reverse what he called crippling reductions.
• The film highlights promising advances such as the long-acting drug lenacapavir, while noting that impact depends on access, affordability and sustained funding.