| In Brief: HIV-positive cases jump to 556 in Afghanistan |
 KABUL, 5 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Over 50 people have been diagnosed as HIV-positive in Afghanistan over the past nine months, bringing the number of registered cases to 556, according to the National HIV/AIDS Control Programme.
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GLOBAL: Chronic diseases reach “epidemic” proportions - WHO |  DAKAR, 19 June 2009 (IRIN Global) - Chronic diseases—especially cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory and heart diseases – kill twice as many people worldwide every year than do infectious diseases HIV, malaria and tuberculosis, combined. But despite their stealth ascent to epidemic proportions – mostly in poor countries, according to World Health Organization (WHO) – chronic diseases receive scant donor and government attention.
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AFGHANISTAN: Drug addicts in the spotlight |  KABUL, 28 April 2009 (IRIN Asia) - Awareness of the risks of catching HIV/AIDS and other diseases among Afghanistan's estimated 19,000 intravenous drug users is rising, but there is no reason for complacency, say experts.
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INDONESIA: A Cleaner Fix (film) | JAKARTA, 23 April 2009 (IRIN Asia) - Timotius Hadi is an accidental hero. In fact, many people wouldn’t consider him a hero at all – he was a heroin addict for close to 10 years and is the first to admit shame at some of the things he has done.
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KYRGYZSTAN: Report indicates sharp rise in HIV |  BISHKEK, 9 April 2009 (IRIN Asia) - The number of HIV-positive people almost doubled in Kyrgyzstan between February 2008 and February 2009, according to a report by the National Statistics Committee of Kyrgyzstan (NSCK).
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MYANMAR: HIV awareness key among injecting drug users |  YANGON, 9 March 2009 (IRIN Asia) - Maung Maung (not his real name) never knew he could contract HIV by sharing needles. "I was too late," the 37-year-old, who routinely exchanged needles with drug addicts over a 10-year period.
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AFGHANISTAN: Little awareness of HIV among migrants in Iran |  HERAT, 21 January 2009 (IRIN Asia) - Ebadullah, aged 26, worked in Iran illegally for four years, but was deported on 3 January. Whilst in Iran he used sex workers and intravenous drugs - unaware of the risks of contracting HIV.
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AFGHANISTAN: HIV-positive patients to get ARV therapy for first time |  KABUL, 7 January 2009 (IRIN Asia) - Forty of the 504 people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in Afghanistan will be provided with standard antiretroviral therapy for the first time, as efforts are made to boost control of the killer disease, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has said.
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: HIV/AIDS numbers increasing |  PORT MORESBY, 7 November 2008 (IRIN Asia) - The number of people living with HIV in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is rising, not just in urban areas but more so in rural areas, a new report has found.
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INDONESIA: Mixed progress on MDGs |  JAKARTA, 5 November 2008 (IRIN Asia) - Indonesia is on track to achieve the goal of halving the number of citizens living in abject poverty and hunger by 2015, a joint government-UN report, Let's Speak Out for MDGs, stated.
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