DUSHANBE, December 1, 2015, Asia-Plus – According to the statistical data from the Ministry of Health and Social Protection (MoHSP), 844 new HIV infection cases have been detected in the country since the beginning of this year bringing a total number of HIV sufferers in the country to 5,592.
In Tajikistan, the first HIV infection case was officially registered in the northern province of Sughd in 1991 and since that time, 7,402 Tajikistanis have contracted the HIV infection; 1,450 HIV sufferers have died of various HIV-infection related diseases.
World AIDS Day is observed on December 1 and like other countries throughout the world, Tajikistan also observes World AIDS Day.
A number of HIV-awareness events targeting young people are taking place across the country today.
World AIDS Day, designated on December 1 every year since 1988, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection, and mourning those who have died of the disease. Government and health officials, non-governmental organizations and individuals around the world observe the day, often with education on AIDS prevention and control.
World AIDS Day 2015 calls for expanding antiretroviral therapy to all people living with HIV, the key to ending the AIDS epidemic within a generation, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The theme of World IDS Day 2015 is: Getting to Zero; End AIDS by 2030. The theme complies with UNAIDS”s fast-track strategy to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. The strategy aims at averting 21 million AIDS-related deaths, 28 million new HIV infections and 5.9 million new infections among children by 2030.
According to a latest global report by UNAIDS, the number of people on life-saving antiretroviral drugs has doubled since 2010, while incidents of new cases have fallen by 35% since 2000.
