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The HIV/AIDS epidemic, as mentioned in “The AIDS Epidemic Can Be Ended,” has been an international health issue for the past three decades. The lack of a cure has led to an extensive increase in the number of people infected with the virus or disease. Hope for an end to this epidemic is little as many nations continue to deny those groups with the highest risk of becoming infected—sex workers, men who have sex with men, drug users and transgender—access to health services that may prevent the disease. Because of the discrimination of these groups in certain countries, including Russia and sub-Saharan nations, the people are afraid to seek medical attention fearing punishment from the government. There is a lack of needle exchange programs in many nations to provide injecting drug users with clean needles to prevent the transmission of the infection. Also, many countries have deemed homosexuality illegal and have denied homosexuals their rights, so these people are not allowed to receive medical treatment that may prevent the infection. Ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic begins with governmental officials ending discrimination against the mentioned groups and granting them their rights so that they may be treated equally and receive necessary health services to lower their chances of contracting this infection.