TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE? Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) has helped millions of people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, but the world’s largest AIDS organization says that United Nations estimates of how many people are receiving the life-saving medicines “might be an exaggeration.” UNAIDS PHOTO
THE world’s largest global AIDS orga-nization has openly questioned the claim by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) that 17 million people worldwide are now on anti-retroviral treatment (ART), saying that the number might be an exaggeration.