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GENEVA - New HIV infections have fallen by 17 percent over the past eight years, UNAIDS said Tuesday, noting that prevention programmes were having an impact.
"The good news is that we have evidence that the declines we are seeing are due, at least in part, to HIV prevention," said Michel Sidibe, UNAIDS executive director.
New infections declined most in East Asia, falling by almost 25 percent.
In South and South-east Asia, new infections declined 10 percent while in Sub-Saharan Africa -- the region which is most affected by the epidemic, the number of newly infected people has dropped by 15 percent.
While acknowledging that prevention programmes have helped cut new infections, Sidibe also warned that these programmes were "often off the mark."
"If we do a better job of getting resources and programmes to where they will make most impact, quicker progress can be made and more lives saved," he said.
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