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Report: Global AIDS Estimates Revised Downward

By Madeleine Brand

Published November 20, 2007 at 10:00 AM PST

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

The United Nations' AIDS agency has announced a drop in its estimates of the number of people who are infected with the AIDS virus around the world.

Madeleine Brand speaks to Karen Stanecki, senior adviser on demographics at the agency, about the report.

New data suggest there are about 33 million global AIDS cases, down from nearly 40 million as cited in the agency's 2006 report. Stanecki cites a reassessment of HIV in India for the drop.

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Madeleine Brand

Madeleine Brand is the host of NPRs newest and fastest-growing daily show, Day to Day. She conducts interviews with newsmakers (Iraqi politicians, US senators), entertainment figures (Bernardo Bertolluci, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Gervais), and the everyday people affected by the news (an autoworker laid off at GM, a mother whose son was killed in Iraq).

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