Briefing with journalists

November 28, 2023

On November 28, 2023, a briefing was held at the regional Communications Center of the Almaty region on the topic “December 1, World AIDS Day.”

At the briefing, presentations were made by the Deputy Director of the AIDS Center for Quality Control of Medical Services G. Zhakanova, infectious disease doctor S. Makhmutova and social worker of the NGO “Doverie Plus” S. Kabzhalelov.

Every year on December 1, the entire progressive world celebrates AIDS Day. Despite the active measures taken to combat HIV, it has not yet been completely defeated. World AIDS Day is a call to action to empower communities to respond to the spread of HIV in the first place.

Сommunities are organizations of people who have experienced, been affected by, or are at risk of HIV. Communities include peer educators, people living with HIV, people who inject drugs, sex workers, civil society organizations and community activists. That’s why a social worker and peer consultant, S. Kabzhalelov, was invited. He noted that the non-governmental organization “Trust Plus” has been providing social support to people living with HIV in the Almaty region for 3 years.

At the briefing, a question was asked about the UNAIDS goals “95-95-95”. Infectious disease doctor S. Makhmutova answered the question of the UNAIDS goal “95-95-95” - this is the strategy of the Joint United Nations Program against HIV, within which by 2030 the global community is set the goal of achieving three indicators: 95% of people with HIV should know their status, 95% of those who know their status will receive antiretroviral therapy, and 95% of those receiving therapy will achieve an undetectable level of viral load.

Of the indicators based on the results of 10 months in the AOC, AIDS is 88/86/88. Today, 2,297 patients are registered at the dispensary. Of these, 42 were with tuberculosis/HIV co-infection and 47 children were PLHIV (people living with HIV).

Journalist of the newspaper “Ogni Alatau” Zh. Alibaeva received a question about identifying new cases. Deputy Director G. Zhakanova replied that, for 10 months of 2023. In the region, 221 new cases of HIV infection were registered among citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The growth occurs from year to year through the sexual route of transmission, namely the homosexual route (heterosexual sexual route of transmission of HIV infection - 76.5%, homosexual route - 5%).

The deputy also noted that in the center, clients are provided with advisory assistance not only by infectious disease doctors, but also by a therapist, a phthisiatrician, a dermatovenerologist, a gynecologist, and a child and adult psychologist.

The briefing was shown on the online platform of the Almaty region RCC with the support of the Health Department.

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