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LATEST FIGURES ON HIV / AIDS - 2008

Total number of people living with HIV-33.2m
Adult living with HIV-30.8m
Women living with HIV-15.4m
Children living with HIV-2.5m
New HIV infections-2.5m
Adults newly infected-2.1m
Children newly infected-0.42m
Total AIDS deaths-2.1m
Adult AIDS deaths-1.7m
Child AIDS deaths-0.33m
India has an estimated 2.5m people living with HIV/AIDS
India's HIV prevalence in the general population is .36%
India is the third worst affected country with HIV afterSouth Africa (5.5m) and Nigeria (2.9 m)
An estiamted 1.7 lakh people died of HIV in 2006

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