New HIV Infections Drop by 20% in Asia-Pacific, U.N. Report Says
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New HIV infections in Asian and Pacific countries fell by 20 percent between 2001 and 2009, and the number of people receiving anti-AIDS drugs tripled since 2006, the United Nations said in a report today.
Still, more than 60 percent of those who needed treatment in the region weren’t getting it at the end of 2009, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, or UNAIDS, said in the report. About $1.1 billion was spent on fighting AIDS across the region in that year, about a third of the amount required to provide treatment for all those who need it, according to the report.