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Australia could become the first country to eliminate HIV

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The number of people diagnosed with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Australia has almost halved over the past decade. The drop is attributed to the uptake of the preventative medication that lowers the chance of infection. But not everybody has access to the drug.
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