{"id":1712,"date":"2014-05-27T06:58:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T02:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinkarmenia.org\/news-events\/people-should-not-die-of-aids-in-the-21st-century\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T16:14:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:14:43","slug":"people-should-not-die-of-aids-in-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"news_events","link":"https:\/\/pinkarmenia.org\/en\/news-events\/people-should-not-die-of-aids-in-the-21st-century\/","title":{"rendered":"People should not die of AIDS in the 21st century"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This year AIDS Candlelight Memorial was organized on May 18 with the participation of Advocacy and Research Group on AIDS, National Center for AIDS Prevention and a number of local NGOs. During the ceremony participants conducted a candlelight ceremony and quilt (a blanket sewn out of square pieces; each of the pieces symbolizes the life of a person who died of AIDS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a sign of counteraction to AIDS and joining the struggle against stigma and discrimination, passers-by made a big Red Ribbon by combining little ribbons. The passers-by received lockets in the from of Red Ribbon which is considered the symbol of struggle against AIDS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The photos of the event are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The need to implement AIDS Candlelight Memorial events are related with those cases of death. Those death cases are absurd because there is a method of treating AIDS which allows people to live as long as a person would live without AIDS.” – Hovhannes Madoyan, Coordinator of Advocacy and Research Group on AIDS<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

According to the data of National Center for AIDS Prevention, 1730 cases of HIV have been recorded in Armenia by April 30. This number has a tendency to grow. 238 of these cases have been recorded in 2013. This is the largest number in comparison with all the previous years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Republic of Armenia the main modes of HIV transmission are through heterosexual practices (61%) and injecting drug use (30%). 54% of the HIV-infected individuals belong to the age group of 25-39 at the moment of the HIV diagnosis receipt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the beginning of the epidemic 369 death cases have been registered. There were 65 women and 7 children among those who died.<\/p>\n\n\n

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