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Opinion:  Ending HIV/AIDS inequalities to achieve equity and end the epidemic

Posted in: HIV/AIDS, Latest

As we look at the year ahead, urgent work remains to build on past successes and to bring the HIV epidemic sustainably under control. Amongst others, we need to address persistent stigma and discrimination, as well as the structural and social factors that put women and girls at increased risk of HIV infection, argues Rachel Toku-Appiah.

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Opinion:  Ending HIV/AIDS inequalities to achieve equity and end the epidemic

Why the new WHO COVID-19 therapeutic trial is a step in the right direction

Posted in: Latest

South Africa will participate in a large new trial of four potential treatments for COVID-19. Marcus Low argues that the trial takes the right approach in establishing whether any of the potential treatments work.

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Why the new WHO COVID-19 therapeutic trial is a step in the right direction

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