This year in Azerbaijan, 602 people were infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

APA was informed about this by the State Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and Illegal Trafficking of Narcotics.

It was reported that since 1987, 9,985 people with a confirmed HIV diagnosis have been registered at the Republican AIDS Center of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan (9,659 of them are citizens of Azerbaijan, 326 are foreigners).

7114 of those infected with HIV are men and 2871 are women.

3542 of them were infected with HIV as a result of injection drug use.

2,489 people from that category are currently registered in the dispensary.