Growth in venereal diseases observed in Armenia![]() March 28, 2011 - 14:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Dermatologist, venereologist Karen Vardanyan said that growth in venereal diseases is observed in Armenia from year to year. According to the official statistics of the RA Ministry of Health, 28,000 people diagnosed with venereal diseases were registered in Armenia in 2003, their number exceeding 36,000 in 2007, Vardanyan told a press conference in Yerevan. “This is the official data of the RA Ministry of Health. The real number of sick people is several times higher,” the specialist said. According to Vardanyan, candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis, trichomoniasis and chlamydia infections are among the most common venereal diseases in Armenia. As for syphilis in Armenia, Vardanyan said 147 cases of syphilis were recorded in Armenia in 2008, according to the official statistics. ![]() ![]() As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |