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Unless we tackle AIDS, many countries will not meet the Millennium Development Goals

11-27-2006 · EurekAlert!

HIV/AIDS will make it difficult, if not impossible, for many countries to reach the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to a new analysis by researchers published to coincide with World AIDS Day on December 1, 2006.

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