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HIV/AIDS

A distorted map is projected based on population living with HIV. In this map, South Africa is the largest country in the world.

In South Africa, HIV rates are rising in young women and girls. Our new series looks at the reasons why.

Lifestyle

Across Women’s Lives travels to South Africa to meet those on the front lines of the fight to stop the rising rate of HIV in young women.

A nurse tests a blood sample during a free HIV test at a blood tests party, part of a campaign to prevent HIV infection among male same-sex couples, in Bangkok September 20, 2014.

Controlling AIDS by treating AIDS

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With no time to find a cure, Ebola could be contained faster with a quicker test

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