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  • Wednesday, 25 February 2026
World AIDS Day: UNICEF projects 1.8m child deaths by 2040 amid funding cuts

World AIDS Day: UNICEF projects 1.8m child deaths by 2040 amid funding cuts

• Says 150,000 adolescents acquired HIV in 2024 • WHO reports 630,000 HIV deaths, 1.3m new infections globally in 2024 United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that 1.8 million children could die of AIDS-related causes by 2040 unless countries urgently

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