UN: SA has highest number with Aids
Geneva, Switzerland - 21 November 2007
More than three-quarters of Aids-related deaths occur in sub-Saharan
Africa -- and South Africa is now officially the country with the
highest prevalence of HIV in the world, says a new United Nations
report released on Wednesday.
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While the report does not give a figure, the South African government
currently estimates about 5,5-million of the country's 48-million
people are living with the disease.
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Worldwide, new infections of Aids are levelling off, and of the
2,5-million people newly infected overall, more than half come from
sub-Saharan Africa. -- Sapa-AFP