U.N. says AIDS deaths decline for third successive year

The Washington Post: AIDS Deaths And New Infections Continue To Fall In Most Parts Of The World
The number of people dying of AIDS around the world declined last year for the third year in a row, at the same time that the fraction of people getting treatment for the infection reached almost 50 percent. Both facts are evidence that progress against the 30-year-old epidemic is gaining momentum, according to the United Nations' annual report on the global AIDS epidemic, released Monday (Brown, 11/21).