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World Aids Day is a tale of the haves and the have-nots. In France, HIV testing is now available over the counter, and easy access to therapy means some of the infected are in their fourth decade of living healthy lives. But the virus is still active and new generations need to be reminded of the simple precautions to take. Nearly six out of ten humans have no access to treatment, and there’s a rising infection rate in many parts of the world, with 70% of the cases in Africa.
Elena Servettaz, Geneva correspondent for the Russian radio station Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) was France 24 guest for the World Press Freedom Day.
Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly children living in Africa, succumb every year to malaria, an age-old mosquito-borne scourge that worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic. For World Malaria Day on Monday, FRANCE 24's Health Editor Julia Sieger takes a look at this notorious disease and the research surrounding new vaccines.
"The children are the one paying the highest price to this pandemic" Dr Landry Dongmo Tsague, Senior HIV/AIDS specialist at the UNICEF Regional Office for Western and Central Africa
During the first year of the COVID pandemic, 40 countries, mostly in Africa, reported a decline in HIV testing, vital to preventing the spread of the virus.
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