40.3 MILLION PEOPLE WITH HIV LIVE IN THE WORLD
Armenpress
Aug 15 2006
YEREVAN, AUGUST 15, ARMENPRESS: The G8 countries together with the
World Health Organization developed a project of HIV/AIDS preventive
works, care and treatment.
According to the WHO, the financial provisions for fighting against
AIDS have increased during the recent years reaching 8.3 billion
USD. The major part of the funds has been provided by the USA
government, AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Fighting Global Foundation
and World Bank.
According to the new report published by the joint efforts of WHO and
UN, every year 1,800 children with HIV are born in the world, another
570,000 die of AIDS. The majority of them were infected through their
mothers. According to the WHO, the 70 percent of the people with HIV
in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia have been infected through
drug injections, but only 24 percent of them is receiving treatment.
This year 51 new cases of HIV have been registered in Armenia, 49 of
them among the citizens of Armenia.
Starting from 1988 (when first HIV case was registered in Armenia) and
until July 31 of the running year 433 cases of HIV were registered in
Armenia. Around 412 of the people with HIV are citizens of Armenia. The
majority of them are 20-39 years old, 316 of them are men, 8 children.
As to December 2005, 40.3 million people with HIV are living in the
world, including 2.3 million children and 17.5 million women.