Africa - Voice of America: Fighting the Uphill Battle against AIDS

Africa - Voice of America africa

Fighting the Uphill Battle against AIDS Jul 11th 2012, 10:11 Africa is the birthplace of HIV/AIDS. No other region of the world has more people living with the disease or has had more people die from it. Yet despite being the epicenter of the epidemic, it took years to raise awareness about it, and much longer to receive life-saving drugs at an affordable price. In the early days of AIDS in Africa, there was no official name for the disease. In many places it was called slim disease because people wasted away before they died. HIV wasn't killing the ... Media files: F97F4A5C-4335-4350-B9F2-960277D512E8_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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