Baku / 29.11.18 / Turan: Azerbaijan is among the countries with relatively high rates of human immunodeficiency virus among European countries.
This conclusion was made the authors of the study prepared by EU European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Regional Bureau of the World Health Organization (WHO) and published on 28 November.
According to these data, in 2017 in Azerbaijan, 570 new cases of HIV were detected, or 5.8 cases per 100,000 people. In total, 6755 HIV carriers are officially listed in the country. In the South Caucasus, this indicator is on par with Georgia"s - 6762. In Armenia, HIV carriers are less than double compared with their neighbors.
In total, over the entire past year, 159 thousand new cases of HIV infection were recorded in European countries, 130 thousand of them in Eastern Europe, 104 thousand in Russia. In 59 percent of HIV cases, infection was transmitted through heterosexual sexual contact, in 37 percent - during injections of narcotic drugs, in 3 percent - through homosexual sexual contact. -0--
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It will be cloudy and rainy in Baku and Absheron on 14 February. Wind will be north-west, gusty. Air temperature at night +2+4, during the day + 5+7. Humidity 75-85%.
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At the "Julfa" customs post of the Nakhchivan customs, during an inspection of a truck from Iran that was transiting to Türkiye, 101.4 kg of methamphetamine was found in the fuel tank and heating system tank.
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This year, 22,000 foreign language teachers and an additional 4,000 teachers who were unable to pass certification last year will be involved in the certification process, the director of the state agency for preschool and general education, Eshgi Bagirov, announced on February 12. According to him, of the 65,000 teachers involved in the certification, 55,000 passed successfully and received salary supplements. At the same time, employment contracts were terminated with 5,000 teachers who did not pass the certification.
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