YEREVAN, MAY 4, ARMENPRESS: Seven new HIV cases were reported over the last month in Armenia, according to the health ministry, bringing the total number of officially registered people with confirmed AIDS/HIV to 269. The majority-255 people-are Armenian citizens. Six of the new cases were confirmed with Armenian citizens, and the one with a foreigner who came to be examined and receive treatment by Armenicum, a medicine developed by Armenian scientists, which they say, improves drastically the condition of AIDS-infected people.
According to health ministry officials, the majority of cases reported in last years contracted it through narcotics injections. More than 80 percent are between 20-39 and AIDS was confirmed with half of all infected people.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria approved last year a five year grant for the Republic of Armenia that will support the National Program on HIV/AIDS and can have a significant impact on the prevention of HIV/AIDS in Armenia and on the quality of life of those infected, or affected by the virus.
Although Armenia is a low prevalence country, the extremely high growth rate of HIV infection makes the HIV/AIDS epidemic a real danger for the country with a population of 3.2 million. A number of factors such as the economic crisis, increased poverty, unemployment and massive increase in individual high-risk behaviors have contributed to the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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