December 1, 2000 - 20:59 AMT
ARMENIAN PUBLIC HEALTH MINISTRY STRUGGLING WITH AIDS
01.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. "Armenikum" medication is invented to cure people sick with AIDS, and it cannot be used as a prophylactic means", declared today the director of the Armenian Center for AIDS Prophylaxis Samvel Grigorian at a press conference in the UN Yerevan Office.
According to Grigorian, 150 patients, both Armenian and foreign citizens among them, have undergone medical treatment in "Armenikum" clinics up to present.
Grigorian also informed that works to establish a national strategic program, which is applied in the whole world to prevent AIDS, are carried out in Armenia. The Public Health Ministry of Armenia is engaged in the preparation works for the program. In near future it will be submitted for confirmation to the government of the republic. -0-