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Cutting HIV aid means undercutting US foreign and economic interests − Nigeria shows the human costs

  • Written by Kathryn Rhine, Associate Professor of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Cutting HIV aid means undercutting US foreign and economic interests − Nigeria shows the human costsA large number of children are born with HIV in Nigeria.Kristian Buus/Corbis News via Getty Images

A little over two decades ago, addressing Nigeria’s HIV crisis topped U.S. President George W. Bush’s priorities. Africa’s most populous nation had 3.5 million HIV cases, and the disease threatened to destabilize the region and ultima...

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