Official AIDS figure tops a million
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The number of officially reported cases of AIDS has exceeded one million, but the WHO believes the true figure is more likely to be four-and-a-half million - 70% in Africa. The new official figure represents a 20% annual increase. The WHO estimates that 19.5 million people are HIV positive and says the figure could reach 40 million by the end of the decade.