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Combatting HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: investing in health can make the difference.

Publication: UN Chronicle
Publication Date: 01-DEC-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Globalization is a powerful driver for development and the generation of wealth. But even as the world becomes more interconnected, hundreds of millions of women, men and children are still confined to extreme poverty, hunger, illiteracy and disease. One of the most devastating infectious diseases of this era is HIV/AIDS, which is killing more than 2 million people annually.

Sub-Saharan Africa continues to bear the heaviest burden. According to estimates from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the region is home to more than two thirds of all people living with HIV worldwide. Africa symbolizes the consequences of insufficient investments in health, which have enabled HIV to grow...

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