Zim fight against HIV faltering where it should not

ZIMBABWE’S fight against HIV is faltering where it should never have — among the elderly.

At Mpilo Central Hospital’s Centre of Excellence, doctors warn that older adults are contracting HIV at alarming rates, driven by the dangerous myth that the virus only affects the young.

Zimbabwe has made great strides in reducing new HIV infections, but the elderly are fast becoming a dangerous blind spot.

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