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Mozambique most Aids/HIV-infected of Portuguese-speaking countries
4:05 CAT | 20 Jul 2016
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Mozambique is the most Aids/HIV-infected of the world’s Portuguese-speaking countries, and also recorded most new infections in 2015.
A study published on Tuesday in Lancet HIV, a publication launched at the International Conference on AIDS being held in the South African city of Durban, indicates that 2.8 million people are currently living with the virus in the nine countries of the CPLP, of whom 1,833 live in Mozambique.
The country, which has now joined the world’s 10 most affected by the endemic disease, recorded 70,000 deaths, with only 30.66 percent of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy, below the regional average of 42.82 percent.
Brazil is second in the ranking, with 554,840 people living with the disease and 33,760 new infections in 2015, a year it recorded 21,050 associated deaths.
In Angola, almost 286,000 people are currently living with the virus, which has infected 22,350 new people last year and killed 11,100.
Among the smaller countries, Guinea-Bissau has about 41,000 patients, with 1,910 new cases and 11,760 deaths in 2015.
More than 24,000 people are currently living with HIV in Equatorial Guinea, which in 2015 recorded about 630 new infections and about 810 deaths.
Cape Verde recorded 320 new cases and 100 persons died out of a total of 3,830 infected.
In Sao Tome and Principe, about 30 people are infected with HIV, of whom 54.78 percent are receiving antiretroviral treatment.
Source: Voa Portugues
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