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International News Report Says 80 Percent of HIV-Positive in Commonwealth of Independent States Below 30 Years OldApril 4, 2005 On Friday, a report issued at the end of an international AIDS conference in Moscow found that more than 80 percent of people with HIV in the Commonwealth of Independent States are under the age of 30. For example, in Ukraine, 25 percent of people with HIV are teenagers; in Belarus, 60 percent of all people with HIV are ages 15-24, according to the report. An estimated 70 percent of all new HIV cases in the CIS are related to growing drug consumption. Some 1.4 million people in the CIS -- which comprises all the former Soviet Union states except the Baltics -- are registered as HIV-infected, according to official statistics. Agence France Presse 04.01.05  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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