Which of the following statement is incorrect about HIV- AIDS?

These treatments were cheap and were used in Africa too to reduce the death rates.

The correct answer is Option 3 - These treatments were cheap and were used in Africa too to reduce the death rates.

Option 1- By 2003, an estimated 4 crore people were infected with HIV- AIDS worldwide.
Option 2- In North America, new drug therapies dramatically lowered the death rate from HIV- AIDS in the late 1990s.
Option 3- These treatments were cheap and were used in Africa too to reduce the death rates. (Incorrect)
Option 4- None of the above.

Health epidemics such as HIV-AIDS, bird flu, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) have rapidly spread across countries through migration, business, tourism and military operations. One country’s success or failure in limiting the spread of these diseases affects infections in other countries By 2003, an estimated 4 crore people were infected with HIV AIDS worldwide, two-thirds of them in Africa and half of the rest in South Asia. In North America and other industrialised countries, new drug therapies dramatically lowered the death rate from HIV-AIDS in the late 1990s. But these treatments were too expensive to help poor regions like Africa where it has proved to be a major factor in driving the region backward into deeper poverty.