16 people with AIDS identified during house-to-house visits in Kyrgyzstan

AKIPRESS.COM – The medical workers made house-to-house visits in Kyrgyzstan to identify the prevalence of hepatitis B and C, HIV among the population, Director of the Republican Center for Monitoring Hemocontact Viral Hepatitis and HIV Umut Chokmorova reported on July 26.

A total of 7,894 people were checked in different houses across the country. 5,247 of them were adults, and 2,647 children aged 5-17 years. A total of 2,072 adults with hepatitis B, 394 with hepatitis C and 16 people with AIDS were identified. 11 people with HIV are registered, and the rest are new cases.

19 children had hepatitis B and 8 hepatitis C.