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Published online 13 July 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040712-7

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AIDS care ignores children

Companies fail to design drugs for kids.

The global fight against AIDS is not addressing children, the very group that is hit hardest by the pandemic, says the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

In recent years, there has been considerable progress in developing diagnostic tests and anti-AIDS drugs for adults.

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