The United
Nation’s latest report on the prevalence of the AIDS virus across the world
shows that the number of children newly infected last year is nearly a quarter fewer
than the figure for 2009, though that still means there were 330,000 new
infections.
The number of
new infections among adults on the other hand has remained broadly stable for
the last four years at about 2.5 million.
Across the world, 34 million people are thought to have the virus.
Over recent
years, the number of victims receiving drugs that can keep the virus at bay has
increased substantially, but the report reckons that 7 million people who need
them still do not get them. Sub-Saharan
Africa remains the part of the world that is worst hit, though some countries
there have managed to reduce the number of new cases.
In contrast, the
number of new infections in Russia is growing, and there have been increases in
AIDS-related deaths in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the
Middle East and North Africa. The UN has
ambitious targets to reduce the spread of the virus and provide treatment for
all who need it by 2015.
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