Sri Lanka, Nov. 26 -- An uncounted number of extra people have died from AIDS and 2.5 million have lost access to antiretroviral medicine to block the spread of HIV because of cuts to global programs since Donald Trump returned to the White House, the UN body fighting AIDS says.

"Persistent funding shortfalls and the perilous risks facing the global HIV response are having profound, lasting effects on the health and wellbeing of millions of people throughout the world," the UNAIDS agency said on Tuesday in a report titled "Overcoming Disruption".

The report, released ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1, said UNAIDS's community partners had reported deaths of people living with HIV due to the closure of local clinics and treatment prog...