Number of HIV/AIDS patients stable
A latest study conducted by the National Center for AIDS and STD Control has shown that the estimated number of HIV/AIDS patients has been stable in the past two years. The study conducted in 2007 by using latest available tools and methodologies has estimated their number at 69,790 - similar to the 70,352 numbers estimated by a study conducted in 2005. Of the total estimated 69,790; 64,585 consist of adults between the age 15 and 49 years (with 16,387 of them women). Likewise, 1857 were children below 14 years of age an 3348 were adults above 50 years of age.