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Experts claim that an increasing number of countries have managed to stabilise and decrease infections.
New cases of HIV down by 20 per cent but demand for treatment still outstrips supply, UN agency says.
Declining funds are threatening global progress in tackling HIV/Aids.
Many of the worst hit countries have seen a 25 per cent drop in new infections since 2001, a UN report says.
The UN secretary-general says the virus is the number one killer in Africa.
Ban Ki-Moon, secretary-general of the United Nations
But it warns that much remains to be done and complacency "would be disastrous".
Global infections down by almost seven million after data-collection improvements.
As millions mark World Aids Day, the United Nations has said there will be "no excuses" in meeting commitments for the treatment and care of those with the virus and the prevention of its spread.

The global HIV epidemic continues to expand, with the estimated number of people living with the virus now passing 40 million. Here are some basic facts on the epidemic provided by UNAIDS, the joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids.

The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has estimated that 18 million children will have lost at least one parent to Aids in sub-Saharan Africa alone by 2010.
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