AIDS has not gone away. In 2008, 1.7 million adults and 280,000 children under 15 years died due to AIDS, and 2.7 million people were newly infected. According to WHO and UNAIDS, the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age is still AIDS.
Although most HIV cases in Malaysia were due to injecting drug users, there had also been an increase of up to 29.9% due to heterosexual relationship. The rise in the number of women being infected with HIV is an indication that the disease has gone beyond affecting just drug users and sex workers.
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We can all do to help stop the spread of HIV by getting an HIV test and urging our loved ones to do the same. It’s a small thing that will have a huge impact.