Global AIDS Deaths Drop in 2007, New HIV Infections Constant
AIDS deaths worldwide dropped 10 percent in 2007 because of more access to treatment, the Los Angeles Times reports (latimes.com 7/30).
Prevention efforts in many countries lowered the rate of new infections in children, according to a biennial UNAIDS report released July 29.
“In a surprisingly short period of time, there has been a tripling of prevention efforts in some countries,” says Paul De Lay, MD, director of evaluation for UNAIDS.
However, new HIV infections remained constant at about 2.7 million in 2007, mostly because of increases in countries such as China, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Russia and Vietnam.
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Beth Benne, RN, is HIV negative, but
the virus has impacted her life. She currently supervises a biannual HIV/AIDS awareness week as
the director of the student health center at Pierce College, a
community commuter school in Woodland Hills, California.
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Overheard in the Women's Forum
"I recently met a guy who is negative. I did tell him about my status and he decided to kiss me anyway (we didn't go further than that). But a day later, he called and said that he actually had a mouth ulcer that time when we kissed and he was very worried. Asked if he can get the virus from me that way. For that moment, I felt so insulted and yet I felt so bad. It was my first time having a contact with a "negative" guy."
