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    ArmenPress
    May 4 2004

    SEVEN NEW CASES OF HIV CONFIRMED

    YEREVAN, MAY 4, ARMENPRESS: Seven new HIV cases were reported over
    the last month in Armenia, according to the health ministry, bringing
    the total number of officially registered people with confirmed
    AIDS/HIV to 269. The majority-255 people-are Armenian citizens. Six
    of the new cases were confirmed with Armenian citizens, and the one
    with a foreigner who came to be examined and receive treatment by
    Armenicum, a medicine developed by Armenian scientists, which they
    say, improves drastically the condition of AIDS-infected people.
    According to health ministry officials, the majority of cases
    reported in last years contracted it through narcotics injections.
    More than 80 percent are between 20-39 and AIDS was confirmed with
    half of all infected people.
    The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria approved
    last year a five year grant for the Republic of Armenia that will
    support the National Program on HIV/AIDS and can have a significant
    impact on the prevention of HIV/AIDS in Armenia and on the quality of
    life of those infected, or affected by the virus.
    Although Armenia is a low prevalence country, the extremely high
    growth rate of HIV infection makes the HIV/AIDS epidemic a real
    danger for the country with a population of 3.2 million. A number of
    factors such as the economic crisis, increased poverty, unemployment
    and massive increase in individual high-risk behaviors have
    contributed to the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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