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In the first half of this year, the departmental health services (Sedes) of La Paz confirmed 399 cases of HIV / AIDS in the department, 31% of which concerned women and 69% of men. Of these, 10 people died.
The data are recorded in a press release in which the regional office reported on a fair held in the atrium of the University of San Andrés (UMSA) that was installed Monday and was held in the city of San Andrés. will expand until tomorrow to socialize information about the prevention and care of this virus.
The activity is related to the folkloric entry of this study house that will take Saturday the streets of the center of peace as every year.
48% of the carriers of the virus are single, 17% are married, 18% live with their partner, 5% are divorced, 4% are widowed and 8% have not entered data, depending on the location.
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV / AIDS) affected with greater recidivism the group of people between 20 and 29 years old.
From 2003 to date, they add 4,795 positive cases in the department of La La Paz, among them, According to data from the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health, From 1984 to 2017, 16,898 cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and 3,698 people with AIDS were reported. a total of 20,596 positive cases.
Among patients with AIDS, in 33 years, 4,943 people died. Case reporting is concentrated in the cities of Santa Cruz with 47.6%, followed by La Paz 20.6% and Cochabamba with 19%.
(07/23/2018)
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