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1,381 HIV cases recorded in Armenia in 24 years
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January 26, 2013 | 14:22
YEREVAN. - A total of 1,381 HIV cases were recorded in Armenia, from
1988 to December 31, 2012, and 228 of these were recorded in 2012
alone, which is the most number of cases as compared to all previous
years.
Health Ministry's National Center for AIDS Prevention official website
informs that most carriers of the HIV virus in Armenia are men, with
70.3 percent; this is 29.7 percent among women, and 1.9 percent, among
children.
The HIV virus is transmitted in Armenia primarily by way of
heterosexual intercourse (56.9%) and injection of illegal drugs
(34.1%). In addition, cases were recorded when the virus was
transmitted through homosexual intercourse, from mother to the baby,
and from blood.
AIDS was diagnosed in 691 - including 169 women and eleven children - HIV
carriers in Armenia, and 133 of these cases were recorded in 2012
alone.
A total of 305 HIV/AIDS patients - including 52 women and five
children - have died in Armenia ever since the beginning of this
disease.
All those that caught this virus through injection of illegal drugs
were men. Moreover, most of them had temporarily resided in Russia and
Ukraine. In addition, 41.6 percent of Armenia's men with the HIV virus
likewise are injected illegal drug users, whereas 98 percent of the
infected women caught HIV through sexual intercourse.
The most number of recorded HIV cases in Armenia is in capital city
Yerevan, with 38.5 percent. Second is Shirak Region, with 10.5
percent.
The HIV/AIDS situation assessment in Armenia has shown that the
estimated number of people with HIV in the country is 3,500.
From: Baghdasarian
news.am
January 26, 2013 | 14:22
YEREVAN. - A total of 1,381 HIV cases were recorded in Armenia, from
1988 to December 31, 2012, and 228 of these were recorded in 2012
alone, which is the most number of cases as compared to all previous
years.
Health Ministry's National Center for AIDS Prevention official website
informs that most carriers of the HIV virus in Armenia are men, with
70.3 percent; this is 29.7 percent among women, and 1.9 percent, among
children.
The HIV virus is transmitted in Armenia primarily by way of
heterosexual intercourse (56.9%) and injection of illegal drugs
(34.1%). In addition, cases were recorded when the virus was
transmitted through homosexual intercourse, from mother to the baby,
and from blood.
AIDS was diagnosed in 691 - including 169 women and eleven children - HIV
carriers in Armenia, and 133 of these cases were recorded in 2012
alone.
A total of 305 HIV/AIDS patients - including 52 women and five
children - have died in Armenia ever since the beginning of this
disease.
All those that caught this virus through injection of illegal drugs
were men. Moreover, most of them had temporarily resided in Russia and
Ukraine. In addition, 41.6 percent of Armenia's men with the HIV virus
likewise are injected illegal drug users, whereas 98 percent of the
infected women caught HIV through sexual intercourse.
The most number of recorded HIV cases in Armenia is in capital city
Yerevan, with 38.5 percent. Second is Shirak Region, with 10.5
percent.
The HIV/AIDS situation assessment in Armenia has shown that the
estimated number of people with HIV in the country is 3,500.
From: Baghdasarian