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ETHIOPIA: New HIV/AIDS toll

Integrated Regional Information Networks - July 24, 2000

NAIROBI, 24 July (IRIN) - Nearly 50,000 people have died of HIV/AIDS in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, in the past 16 years, AFP reported at the weekend quoting the Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research institute. According to projections in a study released by the institute on Friday, a further 500,000 people were expected to succumb to the disease by the year 2024. It said the average life expectancy in Addis Ababa, which has a population of about three million, had fallen from 57 to 47 years.
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