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HIV IS WIDELY SPREAD AMONG LABOR MIGRANTS IN ARMENIA
arminfo
Tuesday, November 27, 17:42
HIV is widely spread among labor migrants in Armenia, Head of the
Armenian Network of Positive People NGO Anahit Harutyunyan told
ArmInfo on Tuesday.
She said that there are lots of women who have been infected by their
husbands who were labor migrants in Russia or Ukraine and were unaware
of HIV infection risks.
"There are certain moral and psychological reasons why wives cannot
ask their husbands to undergo testing after coming back from abroad.
So, the husbands must do it on their on initiative if they had any
risky sexual contacts," Harutyunyan said.
1,335 HIV cases have been registered in Armenia since 1988. 56.3%
of HIV patients are 25-39 years old. 56.7% have been infected through
heterosexual contact, 34.5% through intravenous drug use. 675 people
have AIDS, including 167 women and 11 children. 297 people have died,
including 49 women and 5 children.
arminfo
Tuesday, November 27, 17:42
HIV is widely spread among labor migrants in Armenia, Head of the
Armenian Network of Positive People NGO Anahit Harutyunyan told
ArmInfo on Tuesday.
She said that there are lots of women who have been infected by their
husbands who were labor migrants in Russia or Ukraine and were unaware
of HIV infection risks.
"There are certain moral and psychological reasons why wives cannot
ask their husbands to undergo testing after coming back from abroad.
So, the husbands must do it on their on initiative if they had any
risky sexual contacts," Harutyunyan said.
1,335 HIV cases have been registered in Armenia since 1988. 56.3%
of HIV patients are 25-39 years old. 56.7% have been infected through
heterosexual contact, 34.5% through intravenous drug use. 675 people
have AIDS, including 167 women and 11 children. 297 people have died,
including 49 women and 5 children.