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The latest official AIDS epidemic update report from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) is dated December 2007. Here are some of the statistics:
• Adults and children estimated to be...
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China’s Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, WHO, speaks during a press briefing about the new report on HIV prevention, treatment and care, at the United Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, June 2, 2008.
