The U.N.AIDS agency gives credit to better use of preventive measures.

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U.N.agencies say pneumonia is responsible for one in four child deaths, more than HIV/AIDS, malaria and measles combined.

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The rest may not even know they are infected. Hind Khatib is a regional director of the U.N.Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS or UNAIDS.

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The G8 leaders will also look to providing extra help in alleviating the debt of the world's poorest countries, and to contributing towards the U.N. drive against infectious diseases such as AIDS, TB and malaria.

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Winston Njongonkulu Ndugane of South Africa urged Clinton and other world leaders to do more, particularly in helping bring affordable AIDS drugs to Africa, where 25.3 million people live with HIV or AIDS out of 36.1 million cases worldwide, according to a U.N. report.

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The U.N. says it doesn't know the exact number of people living with HIV and AIDS, and that estimated number released this year may be the result of better tracking information vs. an actual decline in infections.

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