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- Preventing HIV among drug users
- Eliminating new HIV infections among children
- 15 million accessing treatment
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- Strengthening HIV integration
- 2011 Political Declaration: Targets and elimination commitments
2009 AIDS Epidemic Update
According to new data in the 2009 AIDS epidemic update, new HIV infections have been reduced by 17% over the past eight years. Since 2001, when the United Nations Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS was signed, the number of new infections in sub-Saharan Africa is approximately 15% lower, which is about 400,000 fewer infections in 2008. In East Asia new HIV infections declined by nearly 25% and in South and South East Asia by 10% in the same time period. In Eastern Europe, after a dramatic increase in new infections among injecting drug users, the epidemic has leveled off considerably. However, in some countries there are signs that new HIV infections are rising again.
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Eight-year trend shows new HIV infections down by 17%—most progress seen in sub-Saharan Africa (24 November 2009)
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