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Alarm raised over increase in HIV/AIDS in young people across the region

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BRIDGETOWN , Barbados, Sep. 19, CMC- The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has raised alarm over the increasing incidence of HIV among young people in the Caribbean, highlighting that countries like Guyana and Suriname report alarming rates of 14%, while Barbados sees numbers as high as 37%.

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