HIV epidemic 'smaller' than UN estimates: report
Paris (AFP) July 22, 2014 - Anti-AIDS drugs have helped save 19 million years of human life since 1996, said an analysis Tuesday which also slashed UN estimates for HIV deaths and disease by a quarter. "The HIV epidemic is smaller than estimated by UNAIDS", wrote the team which had reviewed data contained in the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. "The overall amount of ill-health and premature death resulting fro ... more

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