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HIV/AIDS in Africa

Patients wait to collect their HIV medication in Uganda at Mayuge Health Centre III in Uganda.

Tested but untreated: How Uganda’s new AIDS efforts are leading to a drug shortage

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With the country’s HIV/AIDS rate expected to rise and clinics struggling to supply medication to a growing pool of patients, some say Uganda is jeopardizing the gains made in the last two decades and leaving the country vulnerable for a renewed epidemic in the coming years.

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