Health News
2005-12-23
E.U. warns that
HIV cases are increasing
The European
Union is launching a three-year AIDS campaign to promote
safer sex and the use of sterile needles and to prevent
The European
Union is launching a three-year AIDS campaign to promote
safer sex and the use of sterile needles and to prevent
mother-to-child infections. "We must not lose sight of the
fact that HIV/AIDS is still one of the biggest
preventable killers worldwide," said Markos Kyprianou,
the E.U.'s health commissioner. With a special focus
on affordable therapies and diagnostics, the effort will
seek to increase HIV monitoring, treatment, and
research. The monitoring group EuroHIV says new HIV
cases in the 20 E.U. countries were up by 23% in the
past four years. The United Kingdom saw the biggest jump: a
69% increase in new cases. (AP)
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