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China Reports AIDS Mortality Is Cut by Two-Thirds [1]

China has slashed AIDS mortality by nearly two-thirds since it began distributing free antiretroviral drugs in 2002, Chinese government scientists are reporting.

About 63 percent of all those needing AIDS drugs are getting them, up from virtually zero in 2002.

Publication Date: 
19/05/2011
Donald G. McNeil Jr. [2]
New York Times (New York) [3]
Tags:
China [4], Health [5], AIDS [6], Infant mortality [7], Infectious Diseases [8]

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