Source: Xinhua| 2017-09-25 22:53:54|Editor: yanVideo Player CloseADDIS ABABA, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia plans to conduct a study on HIV/AIDS prevention and control activities that have been carried out during the past 15 years. According to the Ethiopian Public Health Institute, the study will be conducted on more than 25,000 adults and children in 395 identified areas across the east African country. Ebba Abate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute Director-General, told reporters that the assessment, which is the first of its kind to be conducted on HIV/AIDS in the country, envisaged to investigate in detail HIV/AIDS prevention and control activities that have been implemented over the past 15 years. The Ethiopian Anti-HIV/AIDS Associations Coalition has recently expressed its concern that HIV/AIDS intervention and response is presently sluggish in Ethiopia. There are 720,000 people in Ethiopia living with HIV, of whom 420,000 are receiving antiretroviral treatment, according to the Ethiopian Ministry of Health.

Source: Ethiopian News September 25, 2017 15:11 UTC