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Africa: Africans in the UK account for the greatest number of new HIV diagnoses

UN Integrated Regional Information Networks - November 14, 2007

JOHANNESBURG, 14 November 2007 (PlusNews) - Africans in the UK account for the greatest number of new HIV diagnoses but during a 2006 study (http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/DE4B812C-7DEE-4158-8F53-C9C6EA35BD3E.asp), researchers found about 50 percent of African men and 40 percent of African women surveyed had never undergone HIV testing.


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