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66 NEW CASES OF HIV REGISTERED LAST YEAR IN ARMENIA
Armenpress
Jan 17 2006
YEREVAN, JANUARY 17, ARMENPRESS: The latest data of Armenian health
authorities say since 1988 when the first case of AIDS was registered
in the country, the officially registered number of people with
HIV/AIDS by the end of December last year rose to 429.
Last year alone 66 news cases of HIV were registered. The bulk of HIV
carriers-76 percent, are men between 20-29. Also nine children with HIV
were registered. Most infection comes about through the intravenous
injection of drugs (52 percent) and through heterosexual contacts
(43 percent).
According to AIDS Prevention Center, 151 people, including 27 women
and five children, were diagnosed with AIDS, 46 last year. Since 1988
99 people, of whom 18 women and three children, have died of AIDS.
The economic crisis, unemployment, labor migration and the rapid
growth of HIV rates in the region contribute to the spread of HIV/AIDS
in Armenia. Other independent estimates put the overall number of
HIV/AIDS carriers at about 3,000 people.
Armenpress
Jan 17 2006
YEREVAN, JANUARY 17, ARMENPRESS: The latest data of Armenian health
authorities say since 1988 when the first case of AIDS was registered
in the country, the officially registered number of people with
HIV/AIDS by the end of December last year rose to 429.
Last year alone 66 news cases of HIV were registered. The bulk of HIV
carriers-76 percent, are men between 20-29. Also nine children with HIV
were registered. Most infection comes about through the intravenous
injection of drugs (52 percent) and through heterosexual contacts
(43 percent).
According to AIDS Prevention Center, 151 people, including 27 women
and five children, were diagnosed with AIDS, 46 last year. Since 1988
99 people, of whom 18 women and three children, have died of AIDS.
The economic crisis, unemployment, labor migration and the rapid
growth of HIV rates in the region contribute to the spread of HIV/AIDS
in Armenia. Other independent estimates put the overall number of
HIV/AIDS carriers at about 3,000 people.