AIDS funding at risk: Bay Area HIV providers brace for cuts, warn progress could unravel

AIDS funding at risk

Bay Area nonprofits brace for cuts, warn HIV/AIDS progress could unravel

By Andres Jimenez Larios • Bay City News

Bay Area nonprofits that provide lifesaving services for people living with HIV/AIDS are fighting to secure sources of income at a time when public health faces devastating cuts to longstanding bipartisan programs.

Local public health experts warn that a reduction in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services would risk unraveling decades of progress made to end the HIV epidemic, potentially creating a preventable health crisis that would take generations to identify and resolve — or in simpler terms, start a new HIV/AIDS crisis.