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social science subjects > sociology > race, ethnicity and migration > reaching populations at high risk of HIV/AIDS

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reaching populations at high risk of HIV/AIDS  

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  • Twenty-five years into the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, HIV infection rates remain alarmingly high, with more than 4 million new infections every year. Despite the rapid global spread of HIV, most people in both industrialized and developing countries are at relatively low risk of HIV infection. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; HIV/AIDS, Reaching High-Risk Populations]

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