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Resurgence in HIV infections threaten gains against scourge

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Reports about the resurgence of HIV/Aids and the development of drug resistant strains of HIV is cause for worry. What this means is that it will undermine global gains made towards eradicating the scourge by 2030 as projected.

There were 17.1 million patients on Anti-Retroviral drugs in 2015, 10 million more than in 2010. The rising deaths especially in sub-Saharan Africa is undermining efforts to push back the march of the killer virus with no known cure yet.

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