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AIDS in Africa: a disaster no longer waiting to happen

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The HIV-AIDS epidemic in Africa is now of epic proportions. This has precipitated a crisis in public health that needs to be resolved in a uniquely African way. Local and Western research efforts must be blended with strong political and social will to get the preventative message and appropriate therapies to the people whom need them most.

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