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The World Health Organization (WHO) said the number of adolescents infected by HIV jumped by one third over the past decade. WHO said more than two million adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 years are living with HIV, marking a 33% rise since 2001. The UN’s health agency added millions more are at risk of infection and many do not receive adequate care and support. In the world’s most AIDS-affected region, sub-Saharan Africa, majority of adolescents with HIV are girls who have had unprotected sex. The WHO said the failure to provide proper adolescent-focused programs led to a 50% increase in reported AIDS-related deaths from 2005 to 2012. The WHO said among the measures needed to curb the rise is ending the requirement for parental permission to have an HIV test.
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