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Updated Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:14 pm TWN, dpa

Laos reports 3,395 cases of HIV/AIDS, 960 deaths

VIENTIANE -- Laos has 3,395 known cases of people infected with HIV, of whom 2,180 have developed AIDS, state media reported on Friday. Doctor Chanthone Khamsybounhuang, deputy director of the Center for HIV/AIDS/Sexually-transmitted Infections, said Laos had recorded 960 deaths attributed to HIV/AIDS in recent years, the Vientiane Times reported. He said the known HIV/AIDS infections amounted to 0.2 percent of the population which is now over 6 million. It is estimated that there are about 8,000 people living with HIV in Laos.

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