Aids deaths down 21% from Peak says UN

The UN say aids related deaths are at their lowest level since the peak in 2005. It is estimated that 34 million people now live with HIV/AIDS worldwide, but improved treatment mean that an estimated 700,000 deaths were averted last year. In total in 2007, there were 2.7 million newly infected (down from 1997 high of 3.2. million) and 1.8 million died (down from 2005 high of 2.2 million).

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