UN Aids Report Reveals Some Progress

A report from the Joint UN Programme on HIV/Aids reveals a 25 percent decrease in new pediatric infections since 2009 among 21 African countries, but despite this progress nine out of 10 children living with HIV are in sub-Saharan Africa.

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  • Africa:   Aids Report Says Infections Slowing

    State Department, 18 July 2012

    The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) reports that 34.2 million people worldwide were living with HIV in 2011, while a decline in the rate of new infections has… Read more »

  • Africa:   Nine in Ten Children With HIV Live in Africa

    Health-e, 18 July 2012

    The number of children infected globally with HIV has decreased by more than a quarter (26%) between 2009 and 2011, however more than 90 percent of the 3,4-million children living… Read more »

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