UN report shows AIDS epidemic is on the decline

UNAIDS, the UN agency devoted to combatting the spread of HIV/AIDS, has issued a new report that shows global leaders are getting closer to the goal of eliminating AIDS as a major public health threat by 2030, but there are some growing obstacles causing the effort to stall instead of succeed. Eamonn Murphy, a regional director from UNAIDS, talks about the report and global state of the fight against HIV and AIDS.

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