The report reveals that the human impact of stalling the progress of addressing HIV has been chilling because 650 000 people died of Aids-related causes last year. Photo: CDC/public domain
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The impact of the pandemic on those living with or at risk of contracting HIV in Africa has been dire - and its resulting in skyrocketing infections and deaths.
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, about 15% of women in South Africa who had not previously engaged in sex work to sustain their livelihoods have been reported to be doing so.
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