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The Inquiry: Could We See Another Aids Pandemic?

Could We See Another AIDS Pandemic?

16/08/2018 GMT

Could We See Another Aids Pandemic?

BBC World Service - The Inquiry, Could We See Another Aids Pandemic?

As global funding for Aids decreases, and drug resistant strains of HIV rise, Inquiry asks if could we see another Aids pandemic?

The year 2030 was set by the UN as the world's deadline for halting the spread of HIV, stopping Aids deaths, and having the first generation since 1980 born and raised completely free from infection. 

But at last month’s 22nd International Aids conference the mood was less optimistic. Deaths from the disease, having stabilised, are now beginning to increase, with some people fearing the disease is now poised to add massively to its global death toll.

As global funding for Aids decreases, and drug resistant strains of HIV rise, this week’s Inquiry asks, could we see another Aids pandemic?

(image: HIV and Aids activists in Amsterdam, Netherlands take part in the protest march Towards Zero Together. Credit: Shutterstock)

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