AIDS disease tends to spreads and intensifies

The greatest number of people to contract HIV/AIDS in any one year since the start of the epidemic was seen in 2003, reveals the UN's annual AIDS report. About 4.8 million people were newly infected with AIDS in 2003. And globally the number of people with AIDS is continuing to grow, warns the report, from 35 million in 2001 to 38 million in 2003. "In 2003, almost five million people became newly infected with HIV, the greatest number in any one year …

…of girls have their first experiences with much older men, and often this is non-consensual, he says. The report calls for more national leadership in tackling AIDS. Prevention and access to treatment are major issues. "Today, only one out of five people worldwide has access to HIV prevention services," says Piot."The global movement for expanding access to HIV treatment must be matched with an equally strong effort to expand access to effective prevention services."