P ARIS - The number of people infected with HIV has increased 10% this year, according to estimates , 33.4 million worldwide, according to a report released today by the joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS and the world health Organization. "This is grim news," Peter Piot, executive director of UNAIDS, told a press conference today. Half of all new infections were 15 to 24 years -. About 7000 per day
most affected are the countries of sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly 12 million people died of AIDS-related illnesses --83% of all AIDS deaths up 'now. This region had 4 million new infections in 1998, and the rate of infection shows no signs of reflux. "The worst is yet to come," predicts Agathe Lawson, the UNAIDS representative in Côte d'Ivoire.
While AIDS deaths have declined in North America and Western Europe, health authorities have made some inroads in limiting the spread of HIV. As every year during the last decade, the number of new infections has hovered around 75,000.
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