40 years ago, on June 5, 1981, five cases of pneumonia due to a fungus then called "pneumocystis carinii", linked to a suppression of the immune system, in five young people from Los Angeles, were reported and are considered the first official registry of AIDS patients.
The fight is not over yet even if some progress has been made, but the situation is still very difficult, especially during the current pandemic
COVID and AIDS have a heavy impact on the lives of millions of people, but also on the economy of entire countries and continents as Françoise Vanni, Head of External Relations and Communications of the Global Fund, explains: "Covid has completely disrupted health systems and has disrupted all the other health programs and disrupted
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