HIV epidemic 'smaller' than UN estimates: report

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HIV epidemic 'smaller' than UN estimates: report

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hiv-epidemic-smaller-un-estimates-report-020834508.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/J2cZ3D6dfBZUQr7kkqPWbA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-HKG-Hkg10078275-1-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man places flowers in front of a sign for the AIDS Conference in Melbourne, July 20, 2014" align="left" title="A man places flowers in front of a sign for the AIDS Conference in Melbourne, July 20, 2014" border="0" /></a>UN estimates for HIV deaths and disease can be slashed by a quarter, researchers said Tuesday. &quot;The HIV epidemic is smaller than estimated by UNAIDS&quot;, wrote a team that reviewed data contained in the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. &quot;The overall amount of ill-health and premature death resulting from HIV (is) roughly 25 percent lower than the latest estimate provided by UNAIDS in 2012,&quot; added a statement carried by The Lancet medical journal, which published the results of the probe. The analysis by a team of international researchers tracked the rate of new infections, deaths and numbers of people living with HIV, tuberculosis and malaria in 188 countries over the period 1990 to 2013.</p><br clear="all"/>

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