Articles About HIV & AIDS from 1999

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Article: Belarus Observes World AIDS Day

"A quilt in the memory of four people who died from AIDS in the Brest region will be sent to the UN office in Minsk on December 1, World AIDS Day. The quilt will then travel on around the world along with thousands of other quilts. Events on the occasion will also be organized in other cities in Belarus."

"A Youth Against AIDS concert, an exhibition and a discotheque are to take place at the Palace of Culture and Sports of Railway Workers in Minsk. Events will take place at various other venues in the city such as the Palace of Culture of Textile Workers, the Belarusian State Informatics and Electronics University, the Physical Training and Sports Academy, the Belarusian Culture University, and the Belarusian Agro-Technical University."

"At the beginning of November, the Belarusian National Center for AIDS Prevention had 2,645 HIV-infected persons on its list, 350 more than in November 1998. As many as 2,036 of the HIV patients lived in the Gomel region. The center has registered 269 people with HIV in Minsk. Since 1987, 51 HIV-positive persons have died in Belarus, including 21 people with AIDS."

Source: BelaPAN, No. 1; Wednesday, December 1, 1999; 1:30 p.m.

Article: Preparations Underway for World AIDS Prevention Day

"Preparations are underway in Belarus for the World AIDS Prevention Day, December 1."

"Events will be organized on the occasion in late-November and early-December, said the National AIDS Prevention Center. On November 28, an anti-AIDS concert will be organized at the Palace of Culture of the Minsk Motor Factory for teenagers of Minsk's Zavodskoi district, in which the largest number of injection drug users is registered."

"On December 1, exhibitions, contests, and a discotheque will take place at the Palace of Culture of Railroad Workers in Minsk on the occasion of the World AIDS Prevention Day. On December 4, a Youth Against AIDS rock concert will take place at a building of the Belarusian State Polytechnical Academy."

"The National AIDS Prevention Center had 2,645 HIV-infected persons on its register at the beginning of November, 350 more than in November 1998. Most of the HIV-infected persons have been registered in the Gomel region, 2,036. The center has registered 269 people with HIV in Minsk. Since 1987, 51 HIV-positive persons have died in Belarus."

Source: BelaPAN, No. 61; Monday, November 15, 1999; 5:30 p.m.

Article: Belarus Has 2,600 HIV Patients

"In the first eight months of 1999, 259 new HIV patients were registered in Belarus, and their total number reached 2,600, said Valery Glazovsky, chief physician at the National Center for AIDS Prevention, at a September 29 news conference."

"According to Mr. Glazovsky, fewer HIV cases come to light in Belarus with every passing year. For instance, 1,021 cases were registered in 1996, 654 cases in 1997, and only 450 cases in 1998. About 83 percent of the HIV patients get infected through drug injections, and the rest through sexual contacts."

"Mr. Glazovsky expressed concern that injecting drug users tend to infect women. As a result, HIV-positive mothers gave birth to 70 children in Belarus. Doctors try to persuade infected women to avoid or terminate pregnancy. However, only about half of such women agree to have an abortion. According to Mr. Glazovsky, about 40 people with HIV have died in Belarus since 1986."

Source: BelaPAN, No. 135; Wednesday, September 29, 1999; 7:00 p.m.

Article: Aid Posts of Confidence for Drug Users Open in Vitebsk, Mogilyov, and Mensk

"Three 'aid posts of confidence' for injecting drug users are about to open in Vitebsk, Mogilyov, and Minsk in the framework of the HIV Prevention among Injecting Drug Users project launched in Belarus by the UN Development Program (UNDP) and UNAIDS."

"According to the UN Office in Belarus, the project is aimed at reducing the risk of contracting HIV when injecting drugs. At the aid posts, drug users will have an opportunity to exchange syringes and obtain disinfectants and condoms. They will also be offered consultations with narcologists, venereologists, psychologists, and legal advisers, as well as voluntary and confidential HIV tests and a course of treatment for addiction to drugs."

"The project is also to include drug users' behavior research and a large-scale information campaign among Belarusian citizens. Efforts will be made to involve youths in the HIV/AIDS prevention campaign and in healthy life style propaganda in the framework of the World AIDS campaign."

Source: BelaPAN, No. 16 Thursday, June 3, 1999 6:50 p.m.

Article: Incidence of HIV on the Rise in the Brest Region

"The incidence of HIV grows in the Brest region year after year, Vladimir Lapus, a physician at the local AIDS Prevention Center, told BelaPAN. According to Mr. Lapus, 71 HIV-positive persons were registered in the Brest region last year, and 23 in the first months of 1999. As of May 1, there were 107 known HIV-infected in the region, including 58 in Pinsk. 'Facilities to supervise such patients can be found at every medical establishment in the region, but they are very scarce,' said Mr. Lapus."

"According to Mr. Lapus, some of the HIV-infected have developed AIDS and may die any time. Others, he continued, are likely to die of an overdose of drugs rather than of AIDS, because over 90 percent of local HIV patients are drug addicts. In the last four years, 4 persons have died of AIDS in the Brest region."

Source: BelaPAN, No. 63; Sunday, May 16, 1999; 3:35 p.m.

Article: HIV Statistics

"According to the National AIDS Prevention Center, 2,480 HIV-infected persons were on the register in Belarus at the beginning of May, 139 more than at the beginning of the year. Most of the HIV-infected persons are residents of the Gomel region, 1,936, including 82 people infected this year. The center has registered 253 people with HIV in Minsk, including 14 new cases this year and 5 in April. There are 107 HIV-infected persons in the Brest region, 87 in the Mogilyov region, 42 in the Vitebsk region, 39 in the Minsk region and 16 in the Grodno region. According to experts, the real number of HIV-infected persons in Belarus is 10-12 times as high."

Source: BelaPAN, No. 47; Wednesday, May 12, 1999; 6:50 p.m.

Article: International Conference on Hepatitis and AIDS Prevention to Take Place in Minsk

"A second international conference on hepatitis and AIDS prevention is to take place in Minsk on May 13 and 14. The conference was organized by the Belarusian Ministry of Health, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology."

"Researchers from Belarus, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia and the United States are expected to take part in the conference. The purpose of the forum is to work out and finalize long-term programs aimed at preventing, diagnosing and treating hepatitis and AIDS, and informing specialists about achievements in the area."

"The organizers believe that the conference will foster research aimed at developing a Belarusian vaccine against hepatitis."

Source: BelaPAN, No. 44; Wednesday, May 12, 1999; 2:20 p.m.

Article: UNDP Initiates the Establishment of a New Association to Help HIV Infected

"The UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Belarus has initiated the establishment of a new association called Ravnovesiye for psychological support of HIV infected people, those who developed AIDS and their relatives. The new association has already applied for registration to the Ministry of Justice."

"According to UN Office in Belarus, Ravnovesiye will organise mutual assistance teams and try to break down stereotyped attitudes toward people living with HIV."

Source: BelaPAN, No. 110; Thursday, January 28, 1999; 8:00 p.m.

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