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AIDS deaths down a third since 2010, UN says

Agence France-Presse
AIDS deaths down a third since 2010, UN says
In this file photograph taken on November 30, 2012, a Cambodian doctor (R) offers Anti Retro Viral (ARV) drugs to a woman (L) who is living with HIV, at the Khmer-Soviet Friendship hospital in Phnom Penh
AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

PARIS, France — HIV-related deaths last year fell to around 770,000 -- some 33 percent lower than in 2010 -- the United Nations said Tuesday, but warned that global efforts to eradicate the disease were stalling as funding dries up.

An estimated 37.9 million people now live with HIV -- a record 23.3 million of those have access to some antiretroviral therapy, UNAIDS said in its annual report.

Here's a videographic on the AIDS virus:

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