The global impact of HIV/AIDS

Peter Piot (), Michael Bartos, Peter D. Ghys, Neff Walker and Bernhard Schwartländer
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Peter Piot: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Michael Bartos: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Peter D. Ghys: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Neff Walker: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Bernhard Schwartländer: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

Nature, 2001, vol. 410, issue 6831, 968-973

Abstract: Abstract The scale of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS epidemic has exceeded all expectations since its identification 20 years ago. Globally, an estimated 36 million people are currently living with HIV, and some 20 million people have already died, with the worst of the epidemic centred on sub-Saharan Africa. But just as the spread of HIV has been greater than predicted, so too has been its impact on social capital, population structure and economic growth. Responding to AIDS on a scale commensurate with the epidemic is a global imperative, and the tools for an effective response are known. Nothing less than a sustained social mobilization is necessary to combat one of the most serious crises facing human development.

Date: 2001
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