That’s what Richard G.A. Feachem, executive director of the Geneva-based Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria thinks.
Note: I did not have time to comment on this since I am too busy. If any of my Cobloggers want to comment in this post, go ahead.
Comment from Razib: I could believe that there are more than 5.1 million South Asians infected with HIV. But, two points:
There are multiple African trajectories, some scary (South Africa), some not so scary (West Africa).
There are many regions of India experiencing HIV differently. From what I gather the current center of the “epidemic” is in southern India. This may be the result of different sexual mores, or, it could be a byproduct of southern India’s relative economic dynamism. From what I recall many regions of rural Africa are relatively untouched by HIV until trucking routes and the ‘modern’ world come calling.
Update: Anna links to an article that says brown teens are bumping uglies like bunnies. But, I would have liked to see more concrete numbers (for example: mean number of pre-marital partners, mean age that a teen lost their virginity, etc. etc.).
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