It's not all bad news for the followers of the HIV religion.
They may have lost six million worldwide from their flock, but there's
some good news from Uzbekistan.
<http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/11/3c88513c-1ad4-4a41-b391-dccb04e3a15
7.html>:
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UNAIDS, the United Nations' joint program on HIV/AIDS, has warned that
the rate of HIV infections in Uzbekistan has been rapidly increasing
in recent years.
Bertil Lindblad, UNAIDS' country coordinator, said the majority of new
cases of HIV infection in Central Asia have been recorded in
Uzbekistan, which now has the largest epidemic in the region.
"In 1999 there were only 28 [new] cases reported," Lindblad said.
"That number increased to 1,836 cases in 2003. And...in 2006, that
number of newly reported cases has risen to 2,205."
According to UNAIDS figures, there are some 9,000 Uzbeks living with
HIV -- the virus that causes AIDS -- the largest number of the people
infected with the deadly virus in Central Asia. With about 8,800
cases, Kazakhstan comes a second close.
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Out of curiosity I did a bit of further research. According to
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Asia> more than 80 million
people live in Central Asia. And
<https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/kz.html>
pegs the population of Kazakhstan at a little over 15 million.
So these figures are well below those in countries such as the US and
UK.

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Martin - 22 Nov 2007 16:17 GMT
>It's not all bad news for the followers of the HIV religion.
>
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>So these figures are well below those in countries such as the US and
>UK.
I forgot to add that according to
<https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/uz.html>
the population of Uzbekistan is just under 28 million.

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dank - 23 Nov 2007 02:23 GMT
Martin wrote...
> Bertil Lindblad, UNAIDS' country coordinator, said the majority of new
> cases of HIV infection in Central Asia have been recorded in
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> "That number increased to 1,836 cases in 2003. And...in 2006, that
> number of newly reported cases has risen to 2,205."
Has anyone correlated Uzbekistan's reported HIV statistics with the
amount of international foreign aid requested by Uzbekistan?