'The battle is far from over'

  • 2007-02-07
  • Interview by Arturas Racas
HIV has not yet become an epidemic in the Baltic states 's hundreds more die in car accidents every year than from the virus. The disease, however, is spreading: More than 1,000 new HIV casedswere registered in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia last year, and the total number of those infected with the virus exceeded 10,000. Paradoxically, Estonia 's the smallest Baltic state by population 's has the largest number of HIV infected people (5,731, more than in Latvia and Lithuania put together), while Lithuania- the largest of the three countries 's is home to the smallest number of those sufferi...
 
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