Bank Of Baku

Averaged 450 cases of AIDS infections identified in Azerbaijan annually

Averaged 450 cases of AIDS infections identified in Azerbaijan annually
# 14 May 2011 10:56 (UTC +04:00)
Baku. “Averaged 450 cases of AIDS infections have been identified in Azerbaijan annually in the past four years. 180 infected people were registered this year. It shows that the situation is table, but there is no reduce of infection cases”, said director of anti-AIDS center Hagigat Gadirova, APA reports.

The center registered 2909 HIV-infected people in the period from 1987 to May 1, 2011. 2805 of them are Azerbaijani citizens, 104 – foreigners. 95% of the HIV-infected people were identified in the past 10 years. Most of the infected people are drug addicts using drugs through injection. “The HIV-infection cases were identified in 55 territorial administrative units of Azerbaijan. Drug trafficking from Iran also has an impact on this process. Most of the cases were recorded in Shirvan and Hajigabul regions and then in Lankaran, Sumgayit, Astara and Yevlakh”.
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