Treatment for HIV Increased 30% in 2009, UN Says

The number of people receiving treatment for HIV rose 30 percent in 2009, the biggest leap in a single year, according to the World Health Organization.

About 5.2 million people were receiving treatment for the AIDS-causing virus in 2009, up from 4 million in 2008, the United Nations health agency, also known as WHO, said today in an e-mailed statement.