The country’s AIDS Epidemiology Group says the sharpest decline was among heterosexual men and women. Although new infections among the country’s men who have sex with men are also lower than they were in 2006, the article notes that officials remain concerned.
“Though we are pleased there has not been an increase, it is unfortunate that we have not seen a further reduction this year,” says Eamonn Smythe, executive director of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation. "These numbers are still equivalent to one new diagnosis every five days."
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