Pertaining to the article, that regards decreasing HIV infections... it is a relatively good thing to know that improvements are being made in the reduction of humane infectious diseases, especially one so life threatening like HIV, which can ultimately progress into AIDS and kill that person if left untreated. In Africa and other neighboring countries, HIV infection is very high and also has a high mortality rate, but in the last twenty years infections have gone down to almost 50%. Learning this new information from said article was an insightful thing to know and think about in spare time--- to reminisce about the days when HIV was all the hype. In the 80's, when millions were becoming infected and diagnosed, back then, HIV was a death sentence. Now with new medications and being aware of safe sex, safe birth practices, and using clean needles, HIV transmission had been reduced, and hopefully, it can be reduced to a level where the world has combated and eradicating the vicious disease once and for all.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/world/africa/24infect.html?_r=1
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