{
  "id": 132697,
  "title": "The HIV Deaths Nobody Can Count",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/the-hiv-deaths-nobody-can-count",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-04T13:26:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Health Policy Watch",
    "slug": "health-policy-watch",
    "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/the-hiv-deaths-nobody-can-count/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "VITAL SIGNS COLUMN: Eighteen months into the dismantling of the global AIDS response, how many have died? The honest answer is that nobody knows. Rio’s numbers are inferences, its assumptions and projections disputable. But 30 years and tens of billions of dollars into the HIV/AIDS pandemic, we should not still be guessing. The week’s Vital […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}