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Wednesday, October 08, 2003

AIDS hits teenagers hard

AiDS has become a disease of teenagers and young adults, with half of all new infections occurring in 15 to 24-year-olds, according to a United Nations report released today.

Around the world, an estimated 6,000 young people every day - or one every 14 seconds - become infected with the disease, and the majority of them are young women, the study revealed.

The fastest spread of AIDS was in sub-Saharan Africa, where an estimated 8.6 million young people are infected, followed by South Asia, where 1.1 million are infected, the report by the UN's Population Fund (UNFPA) said.

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posted by chris at 10:25 AM
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