BusinessDay... the voice of business: UN spotlights scope of AIDS epidemic in Asia UN spotlights scope of AIDS epidemic in Asia ================================================================================ Admin on 26 March, 2008 12:35:00 UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - A UN study urged Asian governments Wednesday to boost funding for AIDS prevention, warning that failure to do so will lead to nearly 500,000 deaths each year across the continent from the scourge by 2020.