Data from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) indicates that new HIV cases fell by 3,1 percent during the first three quarters of last year as patients embraced anti-retroviral drugs and adhered to prescriptions. New HIV cases for the nine months to September 30, 2016 declined to 205 711, from 212 330 during the same period in 2015.
It said new HIV cases had decreased to 62 060 in the third quarter of last year, from 70 853 during the prior comparable period in 2015. However despite the decrease, data shows that females were contracting AIDS faster than males.
ZimStat’s statistics indicated that new HIV infections were affecting people at the rate of about 760 per day in the first three quarters of last year. The rate was about 780 per day in 2015, according to the data, which quotes figures from the Ministry of Health and Child Care.
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