Sunday 11 March 2012

HIV infection risk rises as austerity bites: EU

HIV infection risk rises as austerity bites: EU

LISBON (Reuters) - Austerity measures brought in to tackle Europe's economic crisis may cause a rise in drug-related HIV infections as stretched health services struggle to cope, the EU's narcotics agency said on Tuesday. Greece, which is facing huge cutbacks, reported a large outbreak of HIV infections among drug users in July, the Lisbon-based agency said in its yearly report. New infections wer read more..

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