Children are taking the role of adults in many places affected by HIV

Children are taking the role of adults in many places affected by HIV because a generation has disappeared. They can't go through normal development. They have to work 40 hours a week. The very fabric of society is disappearing, with family structures crumbling."Peter Piot

Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country, demonstrated how suddenly HIV/AIDS epidemics could emerge. After more than a decade of low HIV prevalence, the country was seeing rates increasing rapidly among injecting drug users and sex workers, with as many as 40% of people in drug treatment centres in Jakarta testing positive.¹⁴⁶

Swiss researchers reported the first fully documented case of HIV-positive man who was additionally infected with a second strain of HIV through unprotected sex more than two years after he was first infected.¹⁴⁷

Kami, a fluffy, mustard-coloured, HIV-positive character joined the cast of the South African version of Sesame Street. Kami's name was derived from the Tswana word for 'acceptance'.¹⁴⁸

In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration for the first time approved a rapid HIV test. It was hoped that this test, which could provide results in as little as 20 minutes, would counter the problem of people not returning to collect test results, and would also be useful for diagnosing pregnant women during labour.¹⁴⁹

It emerged that several batches of cut priced drugs destined for Africa had been illegally sold at full European prices in the Netherlands and Germany. The drugs were supposed to be exported to Africa for 10% of the European price