More effort, ideas needed in HIV/Aids fight, UN says
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Although the number of new HIV infections has been falling for several years, Thailand and other Asia-Pacific countries need to invest more in developing innovations to fight the spread of the AIDS-causing virus, according to the United Nations Programme
“We need to [make more effort and find new innovations] to prevent Aids deaths,” UNAids deputy regional director Pradeep Kakkattil said Wednesday.
He was speaking at a press conference on the upcoming 11th International Congress on Aids in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP11), to be held at Bangkok’s Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre from November 18-22.
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