Over the past 36 years, 48,000 Uzbeks have been diagnosed with AIDS
Uzbekistan
The highest number of AIDS patients has been recorded in Tashkent city, Tashkent and Samarkand provinces.
At a press conference dedicated to World AIDS Day, which will be celebrated on 1 December, information was provided on the work being done against HIV infection at the international level and in Uzbekistan.
According to the data of the Committee of Sanitary-Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health, more than 48 thousand cases of AIDS infection were detected in Uzbekistan from 1987 to 2023. The highest percentage is in Tashkent province - 20.1 per cent, Tashkent city - 18.3 per cent and Samarkand province - 11.2 per cent.
It is reported that if the viral load in the blood of a patient infected with HIV is reduced to an undetectable level, their transmission of the disease is limited and they are not considered dangerous to others. That is, the risk of spreading the disease to others is reduced.
To that end, more than 177,000 people in Uzbekistan have been promptly tested for HIV using a rapid test. More than 40,000 patients have received antiviral therapy. To that end, antiretroviral drugs worth $7 million were purchased from the State budget and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis.
The event also discussed international measures to reduce HIV. It is noted that the "95-95-95" strategy was launched by the UN General Assembly to end the HIV epidemic by 2030.
The strategy aims to ensure that 95 per cent of people infected with HIV know their HIV status, i.e. the presence of HIV in their body, 95 per cent have received specific treatment (RQT) and 95 per cent have reduced their viral load in the blood to undetectable levels.
According to the data of the Committee of Sanitary-Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health, more than 48 thousand cases of AIDS infection were detected in Uzbekistan from 1987 to 2023. The highest percentage is in Tashkent province - 20.1 per cent, Tashkent city - 18.3 per cent and Samarkand province - 11.2 per cent.
It is reported that if the viral load in the blood of a patient infected with HIV is reduced to an undetectable level, their transmission of the disease is limited and they are not considered dangerous to others. That is, the risk of spreading the disease to others is reduced.
To that end, more than 177,000 people in Uzbekistan have been promptly tested for HIV using a rapid test. More than 40,000 patients have received antiviral therapy. To that end, antiretroviral drugs worth $7 million were purchased from the State budget and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis.
The event also discussed international measures to reduce HIV. It is noted that the "95-95-95" strategy was launched by the UN General Assembly to end the HIV epidemic by 2030.
The strategy aims to ensure that 95 per cent of people infected with HIV know their HIV status, i.e. the presence of HIV in their body, 95 per cent have received specific treatment (RQT) and 95 per cent have reduced their viral load in the blood to undetectable levels.
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