06 Apr Statement from the American Academy of HIV Medicine on the FY27 President’s Budget
The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), representing HIV care, prevention, and research experts across the United States, is deeply concerned by the President’s fiscal year 2027 (FY27) budget proposal. The significant pressure it places on discretionary non-defense spending is especially concerning for HIV prevention, care, and research.
“Across the country, in exam rooms and community clinics, our members see firsthand what’s at stake,” said AAHIVM Executive Director Bruce Packett. “This budget proposal maintains previously proposed cuts to HIV programs, including to prevention funding, housing support, workforce development, and components of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. Though this is only the starting point for budget negotiations, even the possibility of reductions or restructuring creates uncertainty that reverberates through health systems, clinics, and communities.”
Federal HIV programs are the infrastructure that enables providers to diagnose, treat, and prevent HIV every day. When funding is cut or uncertain, patients fall out of care, prevention efforts stall, and clinicians are forced to make impossible choices. Providers across the country are already navigating a strained workforce, persistent gaps in access, delays in scaling life-saving innovations, and growing disparities that threaten to reverse hard-won gains. If proposals like these move forward, these challenges will only intensify.
“Sustained progress against HIV is fragile and depends on consistent, strategic federal investment,” said Packett. “Proposals that weaken or destabilize core programs risk undoing decades of bipartisan progress.”
AAHIVM stands ready to work with Congress and the Administration to ensure that federal policy reflects the realities on the ground. At this moment in the HIV epidemic, the United States should be accelerating progress, not pulling back.