More elderly people getting infected with HIV

A new trend where more elderly than young people are getting infected with HIV has emerged.

Speaking at the launch of a Population Services International (PSI) biannual report, the organisation's country representative, Toby Kasper, revealed that a Botswana Aids Impact Survey (BAIS) III study released this year shows that more older people are getting infected than in the past where figures showed the youth as the most infected.
"The BAIS study looks at newly infected incidences.

In the BAIS II study, released in 2005, the age-range which had the highest number of infections was 30-40 years (youth) whereas in the recently released BAIS III we have seen the age range with the highest number being in the 40-44 (adults)," he said.

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