AIDS, the epidemic that has ended 35 million lives and infected twice that number, may meet its own end within the lifetime of most people reading this article, experts say.
“This isn’t anymore about getting people the treatment only, or getting condoms out,” said Mark Dybul, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, on stage at the 2013 Social Good Summit on Monday. “It’s actually about ending an epidemic. When you think that way, you start doing things differently.”
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AIDS fighters have determined the geographic locations where the most infections come from. The big one is sub-Saharan Africa, home to 69% of the world’s AIDS patients, a place where one in every 20 people has the virus. They have brought treatment to people in those nations in the form of clinics, and have started to teach them about the dangers of AIDS and how to prevent its spread. Read more…
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