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AIDS cases to reach 200,000

    JOHANNESBURG

    Namibia's National AIDS Coordination Programme (NACOP) has forecast that the country's HIV infections are set to break through the 200,000 mark by the end of this year, media reports said.

    NACOP, added the reports, said more than 60,000 cases of people testing HIV-positive were recorded between 1988 and June this year, while the latest figures indicate that over 7,000 new cases of HIV-positive people were recorded in the first six months of this year.

    Nearly 6,000 Namibians have already died of AIDS in the past 10 years, while more than 5,000 were hospitalised last year. The reports said the northern regions of what used to be known as Owamboland recorded the highest figures of infections.

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