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Tuesday, 10 October 2006
KAZAKH MINISTRY SAYS HIV OUTBREAK CONTAINED
By empty (10/10/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kazakh Health Minister Anatoly Dernovoi told a cabinet meeting on October 10 that an HIV outbreak in South Kazakhstan province has been contained. Dernovoi said that an investigation revealed 76 HIV-positive children and six child deaths after 9,070 children, 174 blood donors, 3,143 medical workers, and 18,861 women were examined. Twelve criminal cases have been opened in connection with the outbreak.
Kazakh Health Minister Anatoly Dernovoi told a cabinet meeting on October 10 that an HIV outbreak in South Kazakhstan province has been contained. Dernovoi said that an investigation revealed 76 HIV-positive children and six child deaths after 9,070 children, 174 blood donors, 3,143 medical workers, and 18,861 women were examined. Twelve criminal cases have been opened in connection with the outbreak. The children are believed to have been infected through blood transfusions. Dernovoi noted that there were 6,943 officially registered HIV-positive individuals in Kazakhstan as of October 1. (Interfax-Kazakhstan)