World AIDS Day: Global inequalities pause years of progress on fighting epidemic
11 December 2022 |
10:39 am
World AIDS Day is dedicated to raising awareness and remembering those who lost their lives to the illness. Although the world has come a long way in terms of both destigmatising and treating HIV/AIDS, much remains to be done.
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