U.N. to Say It Overstated H.I.V. Cases by Millions

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Published: November 20, 2007

NY Times

The United Nations’ AIDS-fighting agency plans to issue a report today acknowledging that it overestimated the size of the epidemic and that new infections with the deadly virus have been dropping each year since they peaked in the late 1990s.

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In July, India’s estimated caseload was revised downward, to 2.5 million, from 5.7 million — a change that accounts for about half the drop in the new Unaids figures. Officials said then that India’s epidemic was not “generalized” — that is, it had not spread far from the original high-risk groups like brothel workers and clients, truckers, heroin users and gay men. Also, rates among prostitutes appeared to have fallen as condoms gained acceptance. Instead of being considered the world’s worst-hit country, India fell to third place behind South Africa and Nigeria.

For full article, go to http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/world/20aids.html?em&ex=1195707600&en=31f3e10a7303e9ea&ei=5070

U.N. to Say It Overstated H.I.V. Cases by Millions

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Published: November 20, 2007

NY Times

The United Nations’ AIDS-fighting agency plans to issue a report today acknowledging that it overestimated the size of the epidemic and that new infections with the deadly virus have been dropping each year since they peaked in the late 1990s.

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In July, India’s estimated caseload was revised downward, to 2.5 million, from 5.7 million — a change that accounts for about half the drop in the new Unaids figures. Officials said then that India’s epidemic was not “generalized” — that is, it had not spread far from the original high-risk groups like brothel workers and clients, truckers, heroin users and gay men. Also, rates among prostitutes appeared to have fallen as condoms gained acceptance. Instead of being considered the world’s worst-hit country, India fell to third place behind South Africa and Nigeria.

For full article, go to http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/world/20aids.html?em&ex=1195707600&en=31f3e10a7303e9ea&ei=5070