In the last 10 years, the transmission and spread of the AIDS virus among injection drug users has decreased up to 2 times.

APA reports that this was said by Famil Mammadov, director of the Republican AIDS Center.

According to him, the spread of the AIDS virus has been localized in our country: "The virus has spread mostly among the 25-49 age group. Cases of infection in the younger age group are not so common. This is the case all over the world. In general, the number of infected people across the country If you look at the statistics, 70 percent of cases of infection are recorded in men and 30 percent in women.

The director of the center noted the statistics of people infected with AIDS in the last 10 months: "In 10 months, 695 people infected with the virus were detected. 680 of them were citizens of Azerbaijan. 68% of them were men, and 32% were women."