Despite a lack of coordinated efforts among the Baltic states in combating the spread of AIDS, a significant decrease of new HIV cases was registered in both Latvia and Estonia last year, according to AIDS prevention centers in Riga and Tallinn. But according to the World Health Organization's classification, the Baltics are experiencing a concentrated HIV epidemic - meaning that the disease has surpassed 5 percent in a risk group. For instance, every fifth intravenous drug user in Latvia is HIV positive, according to December 2002 data.At present Estonia, according to year-end data, has th...
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