World AIDS Day efforts look to protect progress

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Dozens of landmarks in 13 countries including
the Sydney Opera House and New York's Empire State Building turned red
today to mark World AIDS Day at a time when infections rates in many
countries are falling but a decrease in available funding threatens to
derail progress. Advocates hope to raise awareness on testing and
prevention, and put focus on the goal of ending mother-to-child
transmission by 2015. Global infection rates have declined almost 20%
according to the United Nations, but 33 million people are still living
with HIV/AIDS.