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January 2000 Cover
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Without the necessary precautions, Asia could overtake Africa in the AIDS epidemic by 2005, according to a senior Chinese health official. Cases of HIV and AIDS
in Asia are increasing rapidly, with an annual growth rate of about 20 percent in 1998, United Nations statistics show. The fact that India and China are the world's most populated countries could make AIDS explode in Asia as HIV cases there increase. Xu Hua, associate secretary-general of the China Sexually Transmitted Diseases
and AIDS Foundation, stated that a census would be helpful to determine the extent of the problem, but a lack of resources was hampering efforts.
Editor's Note: from Reuters
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