Last eight years show HIV infection cases down by 17%

According to the 2009 AIDS Epidemic Update, from the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) sub-Saharan Africa saw 400,000 fewer infections in 2008. In East Asia new HIV infections have declined 25% since 2001 and in South and South East Asia by 10%. In Eastern Europe, after a dramatic increase in new infections among injecting drug users, the epidemic has leveled off considerably. However, in some countries there are signs that new HIV infections are rising again. “The good news is that we have evidence that the declines we are seeing ar...