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Officially reported AIDS cases rise 18 percent. International (global).


 A cumulative total of 1,644,183 AIDS cases had been reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) as of June 30, 1997, since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. These cases were officially reported from the health ministries of the organization's 191 member states. However, the WHO estimates that there were really 8.4 million cumulative AIDS cases by the end of 1996. The WHO also estimated at the end of 1996 that 30 million people had been infected with HIV worldwide since the start of the pandemic, with 6.4 million having died. The worldwide incidence of HIV increased 18% between July 1, 1996, and June 30, 1997. That increase is less than the 19% rise for the same period one year earlier. It is unclear whether the decline in incidence is the result of better prevention, new treatments which slow the onset of AIDS in people with HIV, or delays in states' reporting.
