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Pandemic Exacerbates Global Fight Against AIDS

VOA News

   Tuesday is World AIDS Day, with organizations around the world
   highlighting the need to support those living with and affected by HIV,
   the virus that causes the disease,while also remembering those who have
   died.

   This year's event comes amid the global coronavirus pandemic, which
   UNAIDS says has made it more difficult for those living with HIV to
   access health care and other services while also highlighting issues
   such as inequality and stigma.

   The agency is calling on governments to boost investment and action on
   HIV and other pandemics. It says if there were better health and social
   safety nets in place, the world would have been better able to slow the
   spread of the coronavirus.

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