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HIV infection rates not decreasing fast enough: UNAIDS

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Marginalised people continue to be the most at risk for HIV infection. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

By  AFP

Infection rates of HIV are not slowing fast enough to reach the goal of eradicating AIDS by 2030, a report by the United Nations group to fight the disease said Monday.

Published two days ahead of World AIDS Day, the report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS said shortcomings in the pandemic response can also be seen in the fight against the decades-old disease.

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