Theguardian iconTheguardianJun 22, 2026 ~1 min source read

Africa can end Aids on its own terms. Will the world back us to finish the job? | Jean Kaseya and Amma Adomaa Twum-Amoah

The continent must treat health as a matter of sovereignty rather than charity The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak now being fought across the region shows again what Africa already knows. When an emergency arrives, the continent cannot wait on distant supply chains or other people's goodwill.

Africa can end Aids on its own terms. Will the world back us to finish the job? | Jean Kaseya and Amma Adomaa Twum-Amoah

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The continent must treat health as a matter of sovereignty rather than charity The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak now being fought across the region shows again what Africa already knows.

When an emergency arrives, the continent cannot wait on distant supply chains or other people's goodwill.

Aids-related deaths have fallen by 59% since 2010 and new infections by 68%.

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The continent must treat health as a matter of sovereignty rather than charity The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak now being fought across the region shows again what Africa already knows. When an emergency arrives, the continent cannot wait on distant supply chains or other people's goodwill. Aids-related deaths have fallen by 59% since 2010 and new infections by 68%.

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With aid funding falling by 70%, a change to HIV response is needed. It must make and move the things that keep its people alive. The fight to end Aids by 2030 runs on the same truth.

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