Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1992. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1992. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
Reuters NewMedia - Monday, November 30, 1992
In a report published today, the U.N. health agency estimates that up to 40 million people will be infected with the HIV virus by the end of the century and calls for money for prevention campaigns in developing countries to be increased to $2.5 billion from $120 million spent last year.
"Global spending on prevention is dangerously inadequate and is allowing the virus that causes AIDS to spread virtually unchecked in many parts of the world," the organization said in a statement marking World AIDS Day tomorrow.
AIDS is spreading at a particularly alarming rate in Asia, said Dr. Michael Merson, director of WHO's global program on AIDS.
"We are seeing increases in parts of Asia the same as we had in Africa eight to 10 years ago," he said. "The battle is going to be won or lost in Asia."
There are now 1.5 million people in Asia infected with the HIV virus, which causes AIDS, compared with virtually none as recently as 1987.
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