HIV rates fall among young people in worst-affected countries
Submitted by admin on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 12:49
July 13, 2010
"The United Nations hailed a breakthrough in the fight against AIDS with the release of figures showing that the prevalence of HIV has fallen among young people in 15 of the most affected countries. The news was even better in 12 of those countries, where HIV levels have decreased by 25% among 15- to 24-year-olds...
The biggest drop was in Kenya, where HIV in 15- to 24-year-olds fell 60% between 2000 and 2005 to 5.4% in urban areas and to 3.6% in rural ones. Among young pregnant women in Ethiopia, the report shows a 47% decrease among in urban areas and 29% in rural areas. In urban areas of Malawi and Côte d'Ivoire, the prevalence in the same group fell 56% and in Burundi and Haiti it dropped by nearly half. Reductions of more than a third took place in Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Rwanda and Lesotho..."
