State Commission on Fight Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking told APA that 4171 HIV-infected people were officially registered at Republic Center of the Struggle against AIDS.
4027 (96.7%) of them are Azerbaijani citizens, 144 (3.3%) are foreigners. 3263 (78.2%) of HIV-infected people are men and 908 (21.8%) women. 2367 (56.7%) of 4171 were confirmed infected with HIV in HIV-infected injection drug use. Of these, 1728 women (73.4%) are registered at dispensaries.