Our specialists held a press conference

 

November 29, 2022

Today, November 29, 2022, at the Almaty Regional Communications Center, specialists from the Almaty Regional Center for Prevention and Control of AIDS gave a press conference for journalists on the occasion of December 1 - World AIDS Day.

The deputy director of the center Gulmira Zhakanova reported on the epidemiological situation in the region and spoke about the purpose of the decade and the meaning of the slogan: “Time for equality!”:In total, 3,198 people suffer from this dangerous epidemic in our region. 33.7 percent of them inject drugs, 60.3 percent are sexually infected. The time for equality is the time for action. We must make efforts to permanently eliminate discrimination and stigma against vulnerable groups of the population, - said Gulmira Amankasovna.

 Saniyam Makhmutova, an infectious disease specialist at the treatment and prevention department, emphasized that special attention is paid to the prevention of HIV transmission from mother to child. Maral Matembayeva, head of the prevention department of the Taldykorgan branch, presented an overview of the events organized during the decade.

The speakers answered questions from journalists.

  • For 10 months of this year, 215 new cases of HIV-infected people were registered in the Almaty region.

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