The rate of new HIV/ AIDS infections in India has declined by more than 50 per cent between 2001 and 2009. According to the latest UN AIDS report, globally the rate of new HIV infections has declined by nearly 25 per cent in the said time period.The report titled ‘Nations at Crosswords’ was released to mark 30 years of the first case of HIV that was reported in 1981 in the United States of America. The report stated that an investment of over $22 billion is needed to bring down the new HIV/ AIDS infection globally by 2015.
Courtesy : AIR
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