The number of HIV carriers in Yerevan higher than in provinces
01.12.2017,
15:50
The number of people with HIV is significantly higher in the Armenian capital Yerevan than in the provinces, Sevada Hakobyan, the head of the sexopathology department at the Yerevan State Medical University, said at a news conference today.
YEREVAN, December 1. /ARKA/. The number of people with HIV is significantly higher in the Armenian capital Yerevan than in the provinces, Sevada Hakobyan, the head of the sexopathology department at the Yerevan State Medical University, said at a news conference today.
"According to our data, there are a total of 2,841 HIV carriers in Armenia, of whom 886 people (31.2%) live in Yerevan,’ said Hakobyan.
He said HIV in Armenia is transmitted mainly through heterosexual intercourse - about 68% of the total number. According to him, 23% of HIV carriers got infected through drug use, 3.1% through homosexual intercourse, mother-to-child infections account for 1.6% of all cases and 0.1% were infected through blood transfusion.
He said from 1988, when the first case of AIDS was reported in Armenia to this day, some 350-360 people died of the disease.
"In case of early diagnosis and use of antiviral treatment, mortality rate among people with HIV is significantly lower. In Armenia such treatment is free of charge," Hakobyan said. -0-
"According to our data, there are a total of 2,841 HIV carriers in Armenia, of whom 886 people (31.2%) live in Yerevan,’ said Hakobyan.
He said HIV in Armenia is transmitted mainly through heterosexual intercourse - about 68% of the total number. According to him, 23% of HIV carriers got infected through drug use, 3.1% through homosexual intercourse, mother-to-child infections account for 1.6% of all cases and 0.1% were infected through blood transfusion.
He said from 1988, when the first case of AIDS was reported in Armenia to this day, some 350-360 people died of the disease.
"In case of early diagnosis and use of antiviral treatment, mortality rate among people with HIV is significantly lower. In Armenia such treatment is free of charge," Hakobyan said. -0-
