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mleus
09-30-2009, 02:21 PM
Global AIDS Detection and Treatment Rise Sharply - NYTimes.com (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/world/01aids.html?hp)

JOHANNESBURG � The number of people being tested for H.I.V. more than doubled in dozens of countries last year, improving detection of AIDS and contributing to a major surge in those being treated.

The ranks of people taking antiretroviral drugs in the developing world rose by over a million to surpass 4 million people globally, the United Nations reported Wednesday in its 2009 progress report on H.I.V. and AIDS.


Maybe, but it's still a big problem and on anyone's mind who is sexually active.