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National AIDS strategy to be adopted by end-2004
Belgrade,
22 November 2004
Serbia has no accurate data on the number of people infected with HIV and there is a high degree of discrimination against persons infected with the virus or with an AIDS diagnosis. That is why a national strategy to fight the disease should be adopted as soon as possible, according to a panel today.
Tomica Milosavljevic
Serbian Minister of Health Tomica Milosavljevic said that the drafting of the strategy should be completed by the end of the year, adding that its adoption will be followed by the defining of measures of a national policy for fighting AIDS.
He said the success of the strategy will depend not only on health authorities and experts but also on measures taken by non-governmental organisations and citizens.
Milosavljevic recalled that Serbia is obliged to adopt such a strategy under a series of international and domestic agreements.
Epidemiologist from the Serbian Healthcare Institute Danijela Simic warned that the number of people who take HIV tests in Serbia is lower than in the Central European countries.
She also said that there is no adequate surveillance of HIV+ people, as only data on number of infections and deaths are recorded.
According to accessible data, 75 new HIV infections were recorded in 2004, most of those in Belgrade. She also said that 64 percent of the HIV-infected people are between 30 and 49, while the population younger than 24 makes five percent of those carrying the virus.
The domestic experts are engaged in the drafting of an AIDS prevention national strategy.
He said the success of the strategy will depend not only on health authorities and experts but also on measures taken by non-governmental organisations and citizens.
Milosavljevic recalled that Serbia is obliged to adopt such a strategy under a series of international and domestic agreements.
Epidemiologist from the Serbian Healthcare Institute Danijela Simic warned that the number of people who take HIV tests in Serbia is lower than in the Central European countries.
She also said that there is no adequate surveillance of HIV+ people, as only data on number of infections and deaths are recorded.
According to accessible data, 75 new HIV infections were recorded in 2004, most of those in Belgrade. She also said that 64 percent of the HIV-infected people are between 30 and 49, while the population younger than 24 makes five percent of those carrying the virus.
The domestic experts are engaged in the drafting of an AIDS prevention national strategy.
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