Open AccessHIV/AIDS continues to spread rapidly worldwide despite increasing commitment
Author(s) -
Timothy R Chadborn
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.06.27.01929-en
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , developing country , medicine , environmental health , economic growth , virology , economics
Forty million people are now estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS, according to the report on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic prepared by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) (1). The report highlights the fact that HIV prevalence in the worst affected countries is surpassing what was previously believed to be a natural peak, and that it is now increasing rapidly in many countries that previously had a low burden of infection.