HIV infection surged to record numbers in Europe in 2014: WHO
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COPENHAGEN: A record number of people - over 142,000 - were diagnosed with HIV in Europe in 2014, the World Health Organisation, WHO announced on Thursday.
The increase in HIV cases is caused by the rise in infection rates in Eastern Europe, where HIV diagnoses have doubled in the last decade, according to a report released by the WHO European Region and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
The increase in HIV cases is caused by the rise in infection rates in Eastern Europe, where HIV diagnoses have doubled in the last decade, according to a report released by the WHO European Region and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
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