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2010-09-03 16:39 Source: Xinhua Daily Telegraph on: Liu Gang
    18th World AIDS Conference 18 evening at the Vienna International Convention and Exhibition Center, from relevant agencies around the world, more than 20,000 experts, government representatives, health workers and business people attending the meeting.
Xinhua News Agency, Vienna, July 18 - (Xinhua reporters Liu Gang Xu Ru) 18th World AIDS Conference in Vienna on the evening of 18 International Convention and Exhibition Center, from relevant agencies around the world, more than 20,000 experts, government representatives, medical workers and business people attending the meeting.

During the three-week session, participants will develop state of AIDS, AIDS prevention and treatment of drug development and issues such as communication, display the latest research in this area and ideas.

The slogan at the World AIDS Conference is "right here in this moment," to appeal to the world in a positive and effective response to AIDS a threat, pay attention to the AIDS patients and HIV carriers protection.

The opening night of the General Assembly, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a video message, called on countries to continue to attach great importance to AIDS prevention, and the international community in AIDS prevention and treatment for developing countries to help. He particularly emphasized in AIDS prevention, the international community "should have been long neglected state for more help."

That night, the 18th President of the World AIDS Conference, International AIDS Association, President of AIDS Society 席蒙塔内尔 and Austria, Ms. Schmidt also delivered speeches that the world AIDS situation is grim, all of humanity should work together to deal with this disease, called for respect to protect AIDS patients and HIV carriers interests.

According to statistics, during the past 30 years, AIDS has claimed the lives of more than 2,500 people. Currently, sub-Saharan Africa remains the world's most serious regional spread of AIDS.

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AIDS and global data

Reuters News Agency on the 18th International AIDS Conference opened in Vienna, Austria, AIDS became a major topic conference. Here are some of the global HIV prevalence data:

2008, 200 people died of AIDS, and in 2007 was flat. Since the last century, the disease first recognized 80 years, has caused about 6,000 people were infected, more than 2,500 people dead.

AIDS in Africa is "disastrous", the number of patients was 22.4 million. South Africa were the world's largest, in 2007 to 5.7 million. In 2008, more than 250,000 South Africans died of AIDS related diseases.

In southern Africa, some countries have adult prevalence rate of more than 10%. Swaziland's adult prevalence rate in 2007 reached 26%, the highest in the world. This data was 23.3% in Lesotho.

The number of patients in Asia in 2008 is estimated at 4.7 million, about half in India. In addition to an adult prevalence rate of 1.4% in Thailand, the prevalence rates of other Asian countries under 1%.

Latin America 2008, 12 million new patients, patients with a total of 2 million.

North America, Europe, western and central regions the number of patients in 2008 to 230 million people. In Eastern Europe, the rise of AIDS infection.

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