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At a scientific conference in Moscow,
Gennady Onishchenko, Russia’s top public health official, reported that new
cases of HIV in Russia increased from 62,000 in 2011 to 69,000 in 2012 –
bringing the total number of people diagnosed with HIV to 720,000. Children
under the age of 14 represented 6,300 of the HIV diagnoses.
HIV infections have been rising
since the fall of the Soviet Union. Although drug use continues to be the main
transmission route, with contaminated needles accounting for 56 percent of all
infections, the number of persons infected through heterosexual sexual contact
increased to 40 percent in 2011, an increase of 4.5 percent over the previous
three years.
According to Health and Social
Development Ministry data, Russia has earmarked 19 billion rubles ($600
million) for HIV prevention and treatment in 2012–2013.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
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