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25 Infected With AIDS-Related Diseases In Nangarhar: Officials

Health officials in Nangarhar province said on Monday that 25 people in the province are infected with AIDS.
 
The Nangarhar Public Health Directorate said that compared to a year ago the disease in the province has fallen.
 
According to the directorate, this year 25 AIDS-related cases have been recorded in this department, while last year, the figure reached 44.
 
Doctors say AIDS can be controlled but not treated.
 
"Fortunately, this year AIDS illnesses have fallen in Nangarhar. Last year 44 AIDS cases were identified from 5,000 people who came for check-ups, but this year 25 cases have been identified among 3,000 people who came for check-ups,” said Abdul Rashid Wafa, Nangarhar health director.
 
Doctors say AIDS is not transmitted only through sexual intercourse, but there are other ways such as from the use of an infected person’s syringe, and pregnant women with AIDS pass it on to their unborn babies.

“We ask the citizens of the country to consider hygiene and to not to re-use things once already used,” said Mehraban Shinwari a doctor.
 
On the other hand, the Nangarhar Provincial Health Directorate also urges the residents to participate in awareness-raising about the disease.
 
“We call on residents to cooperate with the Public Health Directorate in this campaign,” said Wafa.
 
This comes after Herat province health officials last week said that over the past year, 26 people, including five women and two children, were registered with HIV in Herat province.
 
According to the Ministry of Public Health Ministry (MoPH) statistics, 2,716 people, of whom 75 percent are men, have been infected with AIDS in the country.
 
Among these patients, 900 of them, including 40 children, are undergoing treatment in health centers.

25 Infected With AIDS-Related Diseases In Nangarhar: Officials

Nangarhar Provincial Health Directorate urges residents to participate in awareness-raising about the disease.

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Health officials in Nangarhar province said on Monday that 25 people in the province are infected with AIDS.
 
The Nangarhar Public Health Directorate said that compared to a year ago the disease in the province has fallen.
 
According to the directorate, this year 25 AIDS-related cases have been recorded in this department, while last year, the figure reached 44.
 
Doctors say AIDS can be controlled but not treated.
 
"Fortunately, this year AIDS illnesses have fallen in Nangarhar. Last year 44 AIDS cases were identified from 5,000 people who came for check-ups, but this year 25 cases have been identified among 3,000 people who came for check-ups,” said Abdul Rashid Wafa, Nangarhar health director.
 
Doctors say AIDS is not transmitted only through sexual intercourse, but there are other ways such as from the use of an infected person’s syringe, and pregnant women with AIDS pass it on to their unborn babies.

“We ask the citizens of the country to consider hygiene and to not to re-use things once already used,” said Mehraban Shinwari a doctor.
 
On the other hand, the Nangarhar Provincial Health Directorate also urges the residents to participate in awareness-raising about the disease.
 
“We call on residents to cooperate with the Public Health Directorate in this campaign,” said Wafa.
 
This comes after Herat province health officials last week said that over the past year, 26 people, including five women and two children, were registered with HIV in Herat province.
 
According to the Ministry of Public Health Ministry (MoPH) statistics, 2,716 people, of whom 75 percent are men, have been infected with AIDS in the country.
 
Among these patients, 900 of them, including 40 children, are undergoing treatment in health centers.

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