November 26, 2009A new report shows that global new HIV infection rates have fallen by 17 per cent and suggests that HIV prevention programmes are making a difference beyond the natural course of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
2009 AIDS epidemic update was released on Tuesday by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) at a press conference in Shanghai.
The drop of 17 per cent reflects new data that shows in some parts of the world such as East Asia, the rate of new HIV infection has dropped by nearly 25 per cent from 2001 to 2008. In South and South East Asia it has dropped by 10 per cent, and in sub-Saharan Africa it has dropped by about 15 per cent, over the same period.
In Eastern Europe it has levelled off, while in some countries it looks like the new HIV infection rate is on the rise again.
Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, spoke about the good and the bad news highlighted in the report. Full Article
Source:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/172234.php
2009 AIDS epidemic update was released on Tuesday by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) at a press conference in Shanghai.
The drop of 17 per cent reflects new data that shows in some parts of the world such as East Asia, the rate of new HIV infection has dropped by nearly 25 per cent from 2001 to 2008. In South and South East Asia it has dropped by 10 per cent, and in sub-Saharan Africa it has dropped by about 15 per cent, over the same period.
In Eastern Europe it has levelled off, while in some countries it looks like the new HIV infection rate is on the rise again.
Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, spoke about the good and the bad news highlighted in the report. Full Article
Source:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/172234.php
