Fill in the blank of the following passage with one suitable word

VIII : Fill in the blank of the following passage with ONE suitable word.
Although some progress has been (1)……………………….in AIDS (Acquired
Immune Deficiency Sydrome) treatment and prevention, the problem is getting
worse. It has (2) …………………………reported that about 5 million people
became (3)………………... with HIV, the virus that
(4)………………………….AIDS, this year. The disease is expected to kill
three million people. Africa is the worst affected area. The fastest spread of
AIDS in the world is (5)……………………… place in the former Soviet Union
and Eastern Europe. In Russia, infections rose from 100 thousand last year (6)
………… ………… about 300 thousand this year. Many drug companies have
agreed to send anti-AIDS drugs (7)……………………reduced prices to poor
countries (8)…………………. experts say getting drugs to the people is the
biggest problem. They say prevention is the (9)………………………..way to
control the (10)…………………….