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On the Front Lines of Venezuela's Worsening HIV/AIDS Crisis

By Brendan O'Boyle

Jesus Aguais, founder of Aid for AIDS, on what the international community can do to slow Venezuela's health emergency.

This article was adapted from AQ's print issue on economic opportunity and peace in Colombia

AQ: How does the crisis in Venezuela specifically threaten people with HIV?

Jesus Aguais: Eighty percent of people with HIV who should be on treatment are not. That’s terrible from a public health perspective. Not only are people going to get sicker, but HIV is going to spread faster.

Taking HIV drugs regularly is necessary for the virus to...

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