In a report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the eve of World AIDS Day on December 1, the global health body claimed the world was poised to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. According to the stats released by WHO, the number of HIV deaths had reduced by 42 percent - from a peak of more than 2 million in 2004 to an estimated 1.2 million in 2014. But with overburdened health systems, poor infrastructure and life-long treated needed, is the world really headed toward an AIDS-free generation by 2030? Al Jazeera talks to Dr Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa, about the latest data and claims that political will was waning to end the scourge. There has been...
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