Mongolia observed World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day, marked every December 1, highlights the success of worldwide efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, as well as the importance of continued support for these efforts.
For the observation of the day, the Ulaanbaatar Heath Office and cinemas in the capital to broadcast videos about AIDS/HIV and ways to prevent the spread of the disease before every film screening on World AIDS Day. World AIDS Day, marked every December 1, highlights the success of worldwide efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, as well as the importance of continued support for these efforts. Health experts underlined the importance of cooperation between the health and other sectors, and the need for increased engagement of private and public sectors for preventing AIDS/HIV. As of November 20, 249 cases of HIV and 40 deaths were recorded in Mongolia to date and in 2017, 25 new cases were registered along with deaths of five HIV patients, as reported by the National Center of Communicable Diseases. It was also reported that 13 HIV patients gave birth to 19 children and that these children had not contracted the disease. Specialists stressed the need to boost preventive measures for AIDS and HIV in target groups, particularly among young men, as around 56 percent of all HIV patients in Mongolia are between the ages of 20 and 44, and 80 percent of them are male.
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