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World Service,20 May 2004,22 mins

Special Report - Treating AIDS

Health Matters

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A report into issues of accessibility, transmission, prevention and treatment for HIV/AIDS. The programme looks at the challenges of treating people in developing nations, where HIV infection is spreading fastest. Different strains of the virus are complicating treatments, but cheaper and simpler drugs are helping ease the lives and life expectations of those with HIV.

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