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FROM
CUBA
HIV cases on the upswing in Pinar del R�o 12721f
PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba, November 8 (Rafael
Ferro Salas, Abdala Press / cubanet.sergipeconectado.com)
- The number of HIV cases reported in Pinar
del Ro province went from 9 at this
time last year to 15, the head of the prevention
and control of sexually transmitted diseases
program, Dr. Niel Acosta, told the weekly
El Guerrillero.
Acosta said that 11 of the 15 are homosexual
men. He also said that 112 people have died
since the first case of HIV was detected
in the province, 80% of them men.
In total, there are now 255 patients who
are HIV positive in Pinar del Ro.
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