HIV/AIDS Prevention
Asia has window of opportunity to stem AIDS onslaught
Published in AIDS Weekly, July 26th, 2004
"Asia is facing life and death choices when it comes to the epidemic," said Kathleen Cravero, deputy executive director of UNAIDS.
Cravero issued the warning at a news conference to introduce the agency's 2004 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, which says some of the fastest-growing AIDS epidemics are in Asia, where an estimated 7.4 million people are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
The report said that about a half million Asians are believed to have...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2004-07-26)
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