Two Percent Rate of HIV/AIDS Infection Reported. 1/12/10

Country registered a 2.1 percent of HIV/AIDS positive rate

Dundo — The Angolan deputy Health minister, Evelise Frestas, Wednesday in Lunda Norte province, said that the country registered a 2.1 percent of HIV/AIDS positive rate

The government official was speaking at the central act of the World Aids Day, celebrated this Wednesday, as a way to warn and show international solidarity to HIV/AISD patients.

Evelise Frestas underlined that in Angola the Aids epidemic established around a general prevalence rate of 2.1 percent, stressing that the figures are not the same in the provinces and substantially higher in group of risks.

She said that countries that border with Angola maintain an intense migratory flux present, in general, higher prevalence rate by HIV infection.

The deputy minister said that the government keeps on supporting and reinforcing the National Programme of Fighting against Aids, enabling mobilisation and sufficient usage of the resources in all aspects from the international community, passing by public administration, till the lowest department of health sector.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), at least 33.4 millions people live with HIV/AIDS all over the world and 67 percent of the HIV/AIDS positive are in Africa.

The recent global report of 2010 issued by the UN common programme for Aids present relevant information, such as, 62 percent of the total cases of death related to Aids in the world, third new infections in adults and over 90 percent of children.

The act was attended by provincial governor of Lunda Norte, Ernesto Muangala, national directors of Health Ministry, workers of the local government and population