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AIDS: 4,000 people infected with HIV across world every day, says UN

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Around 4,000 people contracted HIV infection every day across the world, the United Nations said on Sunday while urging countries to increase investment in disease prevention and access to treatment. The latest data from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on the global HIV response reveals that during the last two years of COVID-19 and other global crises, progress against the HIV pandemic has faltered.