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WHO Reports 4M Poor People on AIDS Treatment; AHF Hails Accomplishment, but Notes Millions More Still Lack Access to Lifesaving Treatment, HIV Testing
Published in AIDS Weekly, October 26th, 2009
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today hailed the news that four million people from low and middle income countries living with HIV/AIDS were on lifesaving antiretroviral treatment in 2008, a 36% increase over 2007. The news came in a new report, 'Towards Universal Access: Scaling Up Priority HIV/AIDS Interventions in the Health Sector' (September 2009) released by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). The numbers also represent a tenfold increase of those on treatment over the past five years; however, AHF officials note that of the 33 million people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide,...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2009-10-26)
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