Wednesday, November 25, 2009

HIV Infections And Deaths Fall As Drugs Have Impact

From The BBC:

Greater access to anti-retroviral drugs has helped cut the death toll from HIV by more than 10% over the past five years, latest figures show.

The World Health Organization and the Joint UN Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAids) say an estimated 33.4 million people worldwide are infected with HIV.

That figure is up from 33 million in 2007 because fewer are dying with HIV.

The latest report also shows there has been a significant drop in the number of new HIV infections.

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