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Nov 8 2013
Post-Soviet Countries, Including Armenia, Show Rise in HIV/AIDS Cases
>From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
November 8, 2013
This article was reported by the ArmeniaNow.com.
Armenia Now recently reported that HIV incidence was increasing in the
former Soviet Union countries of Armenia, Ukraine, and Russia. Armenia
has registered more than 222 HIV diagnoses in 2013 alone, with a total
of 1,541 HIV diagnoses since 1988. Experts estimated that 70 percent
of HIV-infected Armenians were men and 30 percent were women. Ashot
Gevorgyan, International HIV/AIDS Alliance (IHAA) national program
officer for Armenia, attributed 58 percent of HIV transmission to
heterosexual intercourse, 32 percent to drug use, and 2.1 percent to
man-to-man sex. Many HIV infections in Armenia remained undiagnosed.
Ukraine's IHAA Projects Director Lesya Khmel stated that incidence was
particularly high among migrant workers and women of reproductive age,
especially among prostitutes. Khmel attributed the region's rising
incidence to ineffective state HIV prevention programming and lack of
coordination among countries in the region. As major international
donors shifted HIV funding to African nations, Khmel feared that
Russia, Ukraine, and Armenia would lack national funding to address
HIV/AIDS. Khmel reported Ukraine's HIV incidence had decreased by 2
percent in 2012, primarily because of fewer HIV diagnoses among people
using syringes for drug abuse.
Armenia planned to participate in European HIV testing week, November
22-29, to increase public awareness of HIV/AIDS. Gevorgyan advocated
increased availability of free rapid HIV tests in Armenia's capital
Yerevan and outlying provinces. Armenians typically had to go to a
clinic or laboratory for HIV testing and then wait a week for test
results.
http://www.thebody.com/content/73187/post-soviet-countries-including-armenia-show-rise-.html
Nov 8 2013
Post-Soviet Countries, Including Armenia, Show Rise in HIV/AIDS Cases
>From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
November 8, 2013
This article was reported by the ArmeniaNow.com.
Armenia Now recently reported that HIV incidence was increasing in the
former Soviet Union countries of Armenia, Ukraine, and Russia. Armenia
has registered more than 222 HIV diagnoses in 2013 alone, with a total
of 1,541 HIV diagnoses since 1988. Experts estimated that 70 percent
of HIV-infected Armenians were men and 30 percent were women. Ashot
Gevorgyan, International HIV/AIDS Alliance (IHAA) national program
officer for Armenia, attributed 58 percent of HIV transmission to
heterosexual intercourse, 32 percent to drug use, and 2.1 percent to
man-to-man sex. Many HIV infections in Armenia remained undiagnosed.
Ukraine's IHAA Projects Director Lesya Khmel stated that incidence was
particularly high among migrant workers and women of reproductive age,
especially among prostitutes. Khmel attributed the region's rising
incidence to ineffective state HIV prevention programming and lack of
coordination among countries in the region. As major international
donors shifted HIV funding to African nations, Khmel feared that
Russia, Ukraine, and Armenia would lack national funding to address
HIV/AIDS. Khmel reported Ukraine's HIV incidence had decreased by 2
percent in 2012, primarily because of fewer HIV diagnoses among people
using syringes for drug abuse.
Armenia planned to participate in European HIV testing week, November
22-29, to increase public awareness of HIV/AIDS. Gevorgyan advocated
increased availability of free rapid HIV tests in Armenia's capital
Yerevan and outlying provinces. Armenians typically had to go to a
clinic or laboratory for HIV testing and then wait a week for test
results.
http://www.thebody.com/content/73187/post-soviet-countries-including-armenia-show-rise-.html