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Highest Number of AIDS Infections in SingaporeSingapore last year recorded the highest number of new HIV/AIDS infections since the disease first appeared in the country in 1985, the Healt Ministry said. A total of 242 people were disnosed with HIV/AIDS in 2003, exceeding the 2001 high of 237 new infections, according to the latest ministry statistics received via e-mail on May 17, 2004. Prosperous Singapore has not been hit as hard by AIDS as some of its South-east Asia neighbors thanks to its modern medical system and government sponsored information compaigns. However, the latest statistics indicate that "prevention efforts have failed", said Benton Wong, vice-president of the Singapore-based Action for AIDS advocacy group. "Weneed mass public campaigns with effective messages about concom use," Mr. Wong said, adding that existing campaigns are not reaching those most at risk. Most of the infections were reported by single heterosexual men and acquired through sexual transmission, the statistics showed. Women reported 30 of the 242 new infections. Homosexuals accounted for 16% of new cases, bisexuals 6% and intravenous drug users 2%, while one infection from mother to child was recorded. The latest infection bring to 2,075 the total number of cases recorded since 1985 in Singapore. Source: Bangkok Post, May 18, 2004 posted by Prawate on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 |
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