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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Thomas

SHOCKING: What is drug resistance and why is it a problem - What They Never Told You

HIV medication prepared in Sierra Leone - (Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Leading epidemiologists have warned that continued disruption to foreign aid funding, namely the sudden pause to the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), could see a rise in the number of people who are resistant to HIV drugs.

PEPFAR provides a huge proportion of the funding for health systems in low middle-income countries, management of HIV.

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