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Africa: How to Prevent Future Pandemics – Stop Spread of Viruses From Animals 

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[UNEP] Ebola, SARS, Zika, HIV/AIDS, West Nile fever and now COVID-19. These are some of the highest-profile diseases to emerge in the last several decades. And while they emerged in different parts of the world, they have one thing in common. They are what scientists call “zoonotic diseases,” infections that jump between animals and humans, some of […]

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Coronavirus disruption to HIV treatment could cause 500,000 additional Aids deaths, UN and other agencies warn 

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The coronavirus pandemic could cause an additional half a million Aids deaths if treatment is disrupted long term, the United Nations warned, stressing that years of progress against HIV were in jeopardy.At the virtual International Aids Conferences, the UN said the world was already way off course in its plan to end the public health threat even before Covi […]

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