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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • News Briefs
Australia: Safe Sex Tip Ignored

August 5, 2002

HIV/AIDS cases in Victoria have risen by 56 percent in the past two years. Health Minister John Thwaites said on July 31 that he feared the community was suffering from safe sex fatigue and people were enjoying a false sense of security. Victorian health authorities were notified of 218 new HIV cases last year. This amounted to an 88 percent rise in the category of men who have sex with men, a 91 percent jump in HIV-positive women and a 122 percent increase among injecting drug users.

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Excerpted from:
Herald Sun (Australia)
08.01.02; Fay Burstin


This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.


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