Canada’s response to AIDS lagging, activists say ahead of international conference
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The Canadian Press
Posted July 26, 2022 1:41 pm
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Canadian HIV and AIDS organizations say an international AIDS conference opening in Montreal this week is shining a light on Canada’s lagging response to the disease.
Advocates say federal funding for HIV and AIDS has been frozen since 2008, even though the number of people in Canada living with HIV has risen by 25 per cent since then.
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