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In 2016 the United Nations set Sustainable Development Goal 3.3, pledging to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 alongside other communicable diseases. More than 44 million people have died of AIDS-related causes since the disease was first identified in 1983, and roughly 41 million people currently live with HIV. Despite antiretroviral drugs that can suppress the virus and prevent transmission, no cure or vaccine yet exists, and researchers quoted say prevention efforts have been weakening.