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Sitting down to write: 10:11 pm. Global AIDS deaths since 1 January 2004 as I begin to write: 2 ‘ 962 ’ 918

As many of us see HIV/AIDS become a chronic disease akin to diabetes and hypertension in our lands, much of the world sees it ravage entire generations and communities. As the rates stabilise and begin to fall in many of our countries, other places watch the virus spread like wildfire. As future doctors, some of us will tell a person with HIV/AIDS, “Yes, we can get you started on antiretroviral therapy that should allow you to continue living a normal …