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1,694 HIV positive cases registered in Afghanistan

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KABUL (MoPH) said on Saturday.

The MoPH and World Health Organisation (WHO) until 2015 estimated 6,700 people were infected with HIV in the country while in 2013 the figures were only 1,700.

According to MoPH, more than 23,000 drug addicts using same syringe for injections and illicit sexual relations were at risk of getting affected by the virus.

Dr. Feda Mohammad Paikan, head of national programme for AIDS control at MoPH, addressing a . . .

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