Angola Records 16,000 New HIV/Aids Cases a Year

Luanda — Angola registers an annual average of 16,000 new HIV/AIDS infections and around 13,000 deaths associated with the disease, the Angolan Network of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Service Organizations (ANASO) has said.

The information was disclosed to the press by the president of ANASO, António Coelho, during a march organized on the occasion of World Aids Day in December.

António Coelho said currently 350,000 people are currently living with HIV/AIDS in Angola and that the…