The World's Second-Largest Army Fights Against HIV

by alaaron | January 26, 2007 at 09:00 pm
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It may sound like a strange battle cry but the world's second-largest Army has trained its guns on an unlikely enemy.

"We consider HIV our enemy No. 1," says Director General of Armed Forces Medical

For most of the 1.2 million troops who live away from their families for about 10 months a year, AIDS is the threat they're now taking by the horns.

They haven't defeated it but there are signs of some progress. From 300 reported cases in 2003, the fresh incidence of HIV in the armed forces is down to 37 in 2006. There was no death due to AIDS in 2006.

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