A UNITED NATIONS report said new HIV infections were increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes.
Michel Sidibe, the head of UNAIDS, told journalists at a luncheon hosted by the United Nations Foundation that in China and Africa, about 33% of new HIV infections involved homosexual activities, a significant increase.
But he blamed the rises on countries with repressive laws against homosexuality.
Sidibe said drug users are also getting the HIV virus in high numbers.
Of 16 million people worldwide who are injecting drugs, almost three million are HIV positive, and among them fewer than 4% have access to treatment.
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This appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Wednesday, March 17, 2010
