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Research into HIV/AIDS has set a new precedence in the global health arena. The gains achieved in determining the epidemiology and burden of disease, in both resource rich and limited countries cannot be overestimated. The epidemic had merged medical and public health fraternities into collaborations to expedite the implementation of HIV prevention programmes internationally. With a heartening decline in mother to child transmissions of HIV, emphasis may now be directed to improving the quality of lives in children and adolescents living with HIV.
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Pillay, A. (2020). Introduction and Epidemiology. In: Bobat, R. (eds) HIV Infection in Children and Adolescents. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35433-6_1
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