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    HIV RATES UP 25% IN 5 CIS COUNTRIES

    arminfo
    Tuesday, February 22, 19:01

    The third working consultation on monitoring of AIDS pandemic in CIS
    countries launched in Yerevan today

    As UN Resident Coordinator Dafina Gercheva said, in general the death
    rate because of HIV has been decreasing in the world.

    Thus, in 2009 1,8 mln people died in the world because of AIDS. This
    is by one fifth less than in 2004. At the same time, experts say that
    Eastern Europe and Central Asia still remain the only regions where
    the number of the HIV-infected continues growing. Since 2000 and over
    the next 9 years this figure tripled and amounted to 1.4 mln.

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    - Ms. Gercheva said.

    She also added that 2011 is an important year for fighting AIDS as
    the first case of AIDS was found 30 years ago, and 10 years ago UN
    General Assembly adopted Declaration on fighting HIV/AIDS.

    The total of 133 cases of HIV and 83 cases of AIDS were disclosed
    in Armenia in 2010. In general, 228 people, including 4 kids, died
    because of HIV/AIDS over 12 years. Experts draw attention to sharp
    falling of the death rate in 2010 as against 2009 - 23 against 46.

    They think it is first of all conditioned by effectiveness of
    treatment. The total of 956 cases of HIV and 460 cases of AIDS were
    revealed in Armenia including 2010.




    From: A. Papazian
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