2009 saw record number of registered HIV cases

One hundred and fifty-seven new cases of HIV were recorded in the Czech Republic in 2009, the highest number ever for a single year, according to figures released by the National HIV/AIDS Programme. In 2008 148 fresh cases were discovered. To date a total of 1,344 people are known to have contracted HIV in the Czech Republic; some 292 of them developed AIDS, of which 156 died.

Author: Ian Willoughby