The Medical Freedom Channel

“New research suggests that the number of fresh HIV infections in the world appears to have peaked, according to a report by leading AIDS researchers published today in the British health journal The Lancet. They cited evidence including a study, also published today, that indicated that the number of pregnant women infected with HIV in southern India has declined by more than a third from 2000 to 2004. The findings raise hopes that prevention programs are having a positive impact in the fight against AIDS, which has claimed an estimated 25 million lives. Rates of infection have remained high in areas including southern Africa, the epicenter of the pandemic, and the United Nations’s AIDS program estimates that about 5 million people are infected globally each year.” (03/30/06)