December 1st: World AIDS Day

According to the press service of the Ministry of Health, citing Gulifor Normuratova, Deputy Director of the Republican AIDS Center, as of January 1, 2022, 45,000 people in Uzbekistan are living with HIV infection.

December 1st is World AIDS Day.

On this occasion, the Director of the private clinic Med Elite, Doctor of Medical Sciences, urologist, and speleologist Akbarov Sarvar Alisherovich delivered a lecture to STARS students.

During the lecture, explanations were provided on the global HIV pandemic, theories of the virus's origin, its morphology and properties, the clinical manifestations of the infection, its epidemiology, and modes of transmission. The lecturer also elaborated on precautionary measures and disease prevention.