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Malaysian MP Withdraws HIV Remarks
"If a couple gets married and one partner is found to be HIV positive, does it mean they will have to divorce? This clearly does not make sense."
Precise data are hard to obtain but according to United Nations figures, more than 82,500 Malaysians have been infected with the virus since records began in 1986 and around 80,000 are currently living with HIV/AIDS.
The number of new HIV infections appears to be falling, however.
Last year 5,400 new cases were reported compared to 6,900 the year before, the health ministry says, a figure expected to have dropped further in 2008 to nearly 3,500.
At the same time, infections among married women through sex increased from five percent of total cases in 1997 to 16 percent last year.
Source-AFP
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12/29/2008
Illiteracy is also responsible for HIV PEOPLE WHO IS LEAVING IN OUR RURAl AREA ARE NOT AWARE OF IT. SO WE SHOULD TAKE PLEDGE TO ERADICATE Illiteracy IN OUR SOCIETY.
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