Global rate of new HIV infections hasn't fallen in a decade (nature.com)

Deaths from HIV/AIDS have declined steadily around the world over the past decade — but the rate of new infections has stayed much the same, an analysis in The Lancet HIV1 shows. The number of new HIV infections peaked at 3.3 million in 1997, and dropped by an average of 2.7% each year to around 2.5 million in 2005. But the infection rate has stagnated since then. In 74 countries, including several in the Middle East, the rate has increased.

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