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HIV/AIDS cases register sharp increase in past few years

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TIRANA, Dec. 2 – The number of HIV/AIDS infected people in Albania has seen a sharp increase in the past three years, according to a report published by the Public Health Institute on Dec. 1, the World Aids Day. Some 87 new HIV/AIDS cases were reported in the first ten months of 2015, up from 84 in 2014 and a record high of 124 in 2013. The report shows the number of HIV cases in the past decade has increased 5-fold compared to 1993, when the first HIV case was reported in the country. The number of infected people from…

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