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Standard gauge railway line likely to activate new HIV hotspots

Kenya: The proposed high-speed railway line from Mombasa to Kigali could activate what health experts see as new HIV hotspots, with the virus hitchhiking its way to new areas.

Health authorities and civil groups from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda are now planning a joint approach to fight the disease across their boundaries, and especially along the transport corridors.

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