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Many of us now have known about HIV AIDS since the 80s, with well-known people such as

Rock Hudson and Freddie Mercury of Queen having succumbed to the disease.

Billions of dollars have been raised and invested over the last two plus decades, investing in government and civil

society solutions. Many people in the West think that HIV AIDS has gone away. And even though

we've made incredible strides to get it under control, it still takes thousands of lives every year.

And we see new infections.

On this show, we talk to Joanna Bischel, founder and CEO of African-based, purpose-driven

firm, Kasha, on what it will actually take to finally end HIV.

AIDS disproportionately affects people in sub-Saharan Africa, but that doesn't mean it's still not a global issue.

However, the good news is that the solutions and technology are now in place to actually see the end of the HIV pandemic in our lifetime.

Joanna, welcome back to the pod.

Thank you.

So excited to have you.

Today, we are going to talk about something that you and I have been talking about now for a very

long time, and that is ending HIV.

So I just want to paint the picture.

I have been personally working on this for 25 years. So I was in it

right from the very beginning and have had, together with the global development community,

some real successes and also some failures around HIV. But I just wanted to sort of paint the picture of the HIV world for a second,

so we know what we're dealing with.

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