A new case of AIDS has been reported in Mongolia. In the first three quarters of 2014, 27 new cases of AIDS have been reported. A study at National Research Center for Infectious Diseases shows that there is an increasing number of HIV carriers in the country.

In Mongolia, a total of 177 cases of AIDS has reported, affecting 144 men and 33 women.

 “In 2013, 23 cases of AIDS were registered. But in the first three quarters of 2014, 27 cases have been newly reported. Since the start of 2014, two patients infected with HIV died,” says Ch.Urtnasan, press officer at the National Research Center for Infectious Diseases.