14,000 per day infected with AIDS worldwide
30 million people have died from AIDS in one year`s
time, while 5 million, or over 14,000 per day, have been infected
with it throughout the world, the United Nations estimates.
"AIDS is currently among top ten killers in the world, and the number one deadly disease in Africa," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement issued on the occasion of December 1, the International Day on Fighting AIDS.
In Azerbaijan, the virus claimed 39 lives from January-November 2008. Also during this period, some 400 new cases of HIV infection were diagnosed, according to the Center for Fighting AIDS. 383 of these cases are reported to be Azeri nationals, while nine are expatriates. 308 of the infected Azeris are men and 75 are women.
"AIDS is currently among top ten killers in the world, and the number one deadly disease in Africa," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement issued on the occasion of December 1, the International Day on Fighting AIDS.
In Azerbaijan, the virus claimed 39 lives from January-November 2008. Also during this period, some 400 new cases of HIV infection were diagnosed, according to the Center for Fighting AIDS. 383 of these cases are reported to be Azeri nationals, while nine are expatriates. 308 of the infected Azeris are men and 75 are women.
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