HIV / AIDS is speeding up.
HIV / AIDS is speeding up Dr. Sayeed Ahmad D. I. Hom. (London) As per The Guardian dated 7th July, 2004, the lethal spread of the HIV/Aids pandemic across the globe is speeding up, in spite of intensifying efforts on the part of UN agencies, the US, Britain and other European governments to turn the tide. A record five million people were infected by the virus last year and nearly three million died. The UN's latest bi-annual report on the state of the pandemic made it plain yesterday that the HIV virus that causes Aids is defeating man's best efforts to contain it. There are 38 million people carrying the virus, sub-Saharan Africa is being devastated, and the fastest spread is in Asia and eastern Europe. "More people than in any previous year became infected with HIV. That is clearly a failure to reach the people who need it with prevention methods. More people than ever before died of Aids. That is a failure to reach them with treatment," said Peter Piot, ...