[Comment] Be brave: women and girls need to remain at the centre of the HIV response

2025 marks a turning point in the HIV response. Experts are suggesting a projected 24% decrease in HIV funding over the next year in the context of reductions to international aid by several governments, extensive cuts to the US Agency for International Development, and withheld funds for the US President's Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).1 These cuts are likely to lead to an estimated 4·43–10·75 million new HIV infections and 0·77–2·9 million HIV-related deaths in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) by 2030.