30 HIV cases registered in December

Specialists of the National Centre of Preventive Medicine found an aggravation of the epidemiologic situation of HIV/AIDS in Moldova, Info-Prim Neo reports. According to the Centre’s statistics, in December alone 30 infected persons have been registered, including 2 children, younger than 17. Last year, 362 HIV infected persons were registered, including 9 children. In the same period, 85 persons suffered from AIDS, including 2 children, younger than 17. According to the World Health Organisation, AIDS continues to expand and the Eastern Europe countries mark a sad record in this respect. More than 7,000 children have been infected in Romania between 1987 and 1990, because of non-sterile needles and insufficiently tested blood transfusion. Romania is home to 11,000 infected persons, according to official data. The annual pace of new cases varies from 360 to 600. Russia announced 334,000 cases, but the UN Office estimates one million cases, meaning 1% of the population. Ukraine reported 80,000 cases, but experts talk about more than 500,000 cases, representing also 1 % of the country’s population. The UN Programme on AIDS found that 25 years after the first signal of the malady appeared, there are 40 million people in the world who suffer from this disease. Since 1981, AIDS killed 25 million.