Report card on AIDS

TRACY BOWDEN, PRESENTER: Today is World AIDS Day and much has changed since the 1980s when most Australians heard about the disease for the first time. Back then the prognosis was dire, and so was the public health message, in ads like this.

1980s AIDS ADVERTISEMENT: At first, only gays and IV drug users were being killed by AIDS. But now we know every one of us could be devastated by it.

The latest United Nations report suggests the world has turned the corner and has halted the spread of HIV AIDS, but it says the gains are still fragile.

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