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Top 10 HIV- related stories of 2011
It's been a roller coaster of a year regarding HIV/Aids. Aids turned 30 in 2011, and with new evidence of the effectiveness of HIV treatment as prevention, experts are increasingly talking about "the end of Aids". At the same time, however, funding for HIV has become ever more uncertain, jeopardising efforts to put new, life-saving science into action.
IRIN/PlusNews brings you 10 HIV-related stories that made headlines in 2011:
- Aids turns 30
- ARVs as Prevention
- Aids funding
- Disappointing prevention trials
- Gaffe-prone politicians
- Anti-gay legislation in Africa
- Threats to generic ARVs
- Contraception and HIV risk
- Medicine's patent pool
- New HIV targets
