HIV has claimed the lives of 33 million people worldwide and continues to be one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases.
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00:02 - Australia really has done incredibly well
00:15 in terms of controlling HIV right from the get-go.
00:18 And it was really a very multifactorial reason
00:23 in that right from the start of the HIV epidemic
00:27 in Australia, we had bipartisan support
00:30 at all levels of government to combat HIV.
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00:36 - Something that is just a matter of a few drugs
00:53 that are highly effective
00:54 and that can be used in any context.
00:57 But a cure that is not affordable
00:59 and available in all contexts isn't a real cure.
01:03 That's what I would say.
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