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United Press International - November 20, 2007
Better sampling techniques indicate the number of new infections peaked in 1998 and the number of deaths peaked in 2005, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.
The new analysis indicated the total number of people living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has been increasing gradually, but at a slower rate than previously reported. An estimated 2.5 million people will be infected with HIV this year, about a 40 percent drop from a 2006 estimate, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, or UNAIDS, reported from its headquarters in Switzerland.
The report said about 33 million people worldwide are infected with the virus, compared with last year's estimate of almost 40 million.
"For the first time, we are seeing a decline in global AIDS deaths," said Dr. Kevin De Cock, director of the AIDS department at the World Health Organization.
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