The number of HIV positives/ AIDS, Albania third in Rajon

Albania takes third place in the region in terms of HIV-infected persons AIDS.

From E data CDC, the European Center for Disease Control, which has monitored the HIV/ AIDS in 15 countries, Albania ranks after Cyprus and Montenegro for the number of people affected, leaving behind Romania, Turkey, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and others.

We have 81 new cases this year. The total number amounts to 1090 reported but is estimated to be more”, says Marjeta Dervisi, an epidemiologist.

The most frequent HIV spread route in Albania remains sexual.

The group of men who have sex with men, with reference to recent data, will see that we have a slight increase of”, says the doctor.

But Albanians still suffer stigma. They don't volunteer for HIV, so the cases are caught in advanced stages.

“60% of cases appear at an advanced stage. We think that these persons being diagnosed late may have an average of 6 to 7 years that may have been infected and may have infected other”, Dervis says.

Science evolved and if caught on time, a person with HIV/ AlDS that regularly deals with antiretroirala, which is offered free of charge in the efficient service, can live only two or three months less than an intact person.

While it has been possible in Albania since parents with HIV/ AIDS gives birth to uninfected babies. It's already marked the eighth case. HIV test/ AIDS is offered free this year only for pregnant women.

HIV/ AIDS in Albania

First case in 1993

81 new cases for 2017

1090 total cases

15 people lost their lives on 2017 /Top Channel/