Namibia: Breaking the HIV Bottleneck – Why Sub-Saharan Africa Must Lead the Way

The global fight against HIV-1 has often been framed as a success story of science, funding and international collaboration. But as the virus evolves, so too must our strategy.

A recent commentary in Nature Reviews Microbiology, led by Monray Williams of the North-West University (NWU) in South Africa, issues a warning: global complacency must end, and sub-Saharan Africa must be placed at the centre of the research agenda, or risk losing control of the HIV-1 epidemic.

Despite accounting for more…