The number of people infected with HIV in Bulgaria is two or three times higher than the number of officially registered cases, Associate Professor Tonka Varleva, Board Member of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS said for the BTA.
Since the beginning of 2022, 299 HIV-positive cases have been registered in Bulgaria. More than one quarter of them are foreigners, as most of them are Ukrainian nationals. Sexual transmission is reported among 80%-90% of the new cases, says Associate Professor Verleva. All patients receive antiretroviral therapy.
Scientists are working to create a vaccine against HIV, but the process is hampered by the rapid variability of the virus. Globally, more than 6 million people do not know they are infected with HIV, Tonka Varleva said on the occasion the World AIDS Day marked on December 1.
For Our Children Foundation has helped more than 800 children and their families through its "Mission Ukraine in Bulgaria" program, its coordinator Vesela Ananieva told BNR. Since last April, the organisation has provided humanitarian aid in the..
“It it is important for authorities in North Macedonia to state clearly that the case of Hristiyan Pendikov is a hate crime and not conventional crime . It is the result of a decades-long policy for instilling hatred towards Bulgarian in the..
On Saturday night-time and daytime temperatures will be practically the same. Minimum temperatures minus 3°-2° C., for Sofia 2° C., maximum temperatures zero to 5° C., for Sofia around 2° C. There will be snow in Northern Bulgaria, significant in..
After Macedonian Bulgarian Hristiyan Pendikov was beaten up in North Macedonia , there was shock and admissions at various levels that it was a hate..
"It is high time for the institutions in the Republic of North Macedonia started effectively countering violence and verbal..
The European Commission has announced that it is bringing claims against Bulgaria and Slovakia before the Court of Justice of the EU for the imposition..
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