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    UNAIDS REPORT RECORDS PROGRESS IN HIV/AIDS CONTROL AND ERADICATION

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    December 2, 2010 - 18:37 AMT 14:37 GMT

    The 2010 edition of the UNAIDS Report on the global AIDS epidemic
    includes new country by country scorecards on key issues facing the
    AIDS response. Based on the latest data from 182 countries, this
    global reference book provides comprehensive analysis on the AIDS
    epidemic and response. For the first time the report includes trend
    data on incidence from more than 60 countries, reporting progress in
    their efforts to control and eventually eradicate HIV/AIDS.

    A worldwide decline in infection rates was recorded. According to
    the 2010 report from UNAIDS, the United Nations' HIV/AIDS program,
    the overall HIV infection rate has declined almost 20 percent in
    10 years - from 3.1 million new cases in 1999 to 2.6 million in
    2009. That decrease follows decades of explosive growth in the number
    of infections.

    A decline in South Africa's infection rates: South Africa has the
    world's largest number of people living with HIV - 5.6 million,
    according to AVERT, a U.K.-based AIDS organization. But it is also
    one of the 56 countries that have slowed or stabilized their HIV
    infection rates. There was a 25 percent decline in the infection rate
    between 2001 and 2009, according to the U.N. The HIV infection rate
    among 18-year-olds declined from 1.8 percent in 2005 to 0.8 percent
    in 2008, and among women ages 15 to 24, it dropped from 5.5 percent
    to 2.2 percent between 2003 and 2008.

    Fewer dying from AIDS-related illnesses: The number of people dying
    from AIDS-related illnesses has also dropped. In 2009, according
    to UNAIDS, about 1.8 million people died, compared with 2.1 million
    in 2004 - almost a 20 percent decline. Most experts attribute that
    success to better access to treatment. The number of people getting
    treatment has increased 7.5 times in the past five years - up to 5.2
    million in 2009, compared with 700,000 in 2004.

    UNAIDS also reports that the number of people living with HIV has
    increased slightly, as life expectancy improves because of access to
    antiretroviral treatments.

    Safer sexual practices: UNAIDS reports that the adoption of safer
    sexual practices is central to a decline of more than 25 percent in
    new HIV infection rates among young people in countries with a high
    prevalence of HIV/AIDS. Of safe sexual practices, one of the most
    notable developments is the increase in condom use and availability.

    Fewer babies born with HIV: UNAIDS estimates that 370,000 children
    were newly-infected in 2009, which is a large number, but is also a
    24 percent decline from several years ago.

    The number of HIV-positive pregnant women who received treatment to
    prevent transmission of HIV to their children increased drastically
    - from 35 percent in 2007 to 53 percent in 2009. The number of
    countries with large numbers of women not receiving treatment to
    prevent transmission has shrunk to 14.




    From: A. Papazian
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