The immunodeficiency virus was first identified by scientists in 1983. It was then that the etiological cause of the development of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome was established. However, the attention of specialists is still focused on such a dangerous disease as HIV. Statistics show that it is constantly becoming more common. And the saddest thing is that in modern medicine none effective methods treatment of pathology.

Basic statistics of HIV-infected people

The disease is constantly progressing and spreading throughout the population. This is officially confirmed by statistics on the incidence of HIV and AIDS. According to the latest data from scientists, today the number of people infected with HIV reaches 40 million people. Of these, 37.5% contracted the infection in the last 2 years, which is about 15 million.

At the same time, the pathology is constantly progressing, new strains of the pathogen appear as a result of modification. This greatly complicates the process of treating patients.

Infection with a retrovirus occurs more often through sexual contact or through the use of unsterile needles, which is often observed among drug addicts. The number of HIV-infected people is constantly increasing, and in order to slow down the progression of the disease, experts strongly recommend periodic testing for AIDS. Early detection allows you to prescribe full-fledged antiretroviral therapy. According to statistics, only 9.5 million HIV (AIDS) patients receive quality treatment, which is less than a quarter of the total number of carriers.

HIV (AIDS) statistics in Russia

In the Russian Federation, the issue of immunodeficiency is especially acutely discussed twice a year - on the Day against this disease (December 1) and in early May, when the Day of Mourning for those killed as a result of infection with a retrovirus is declared.

The statistics of HIV-infected people in Russia is constantly changing, and not in better side. Behind last years The number of infected people has increased significantly and now reaches 250 thousand people. Experts say that the problem is becoming enormous. Today, the infection is mainly transmitted sexually and parenterally.

Statistics of AIDS patients in Russia confirm that the bulk of those infected are young people aged 19 to 29 years. If we take into account injection drug addicts, then from among those treated for medical care 78% of them were diagnosed with immunodeficiency virus.

During sexual intercourse without condoms, a considerable number of patients are also infected. It is difficult to determine exactly how many people with HIV received the pathogen this way. However, statistics on HIV infection in Russia state that of those infected through sexual contact, more than half are women. This is due to anatomical features. Women tend to have more close contact with body fluids, particularly semen. It contains a high concentration of retrovirus, which is able to penetrate the body through microcracks in the vaginal mucosa that form during sexual intercourse.

A less common method of transmission is from mother to infant. HIV transmission statistics indicate that over the entire period of the disease, more than 6 thousand cases of birth of infected babies were registered. The infants' mothers were women of fertile age.

As for the male half of the population, according to statistics in Russia, about 2% of the stronger sex is infected with AIDS. The age of patients is in the range of 23-40 years. Among them, infection occurred in the following ways:

  • as a result of drug use - 53%;
  • homosexual relationships - 1.5%;
  • with unprotected sexual intercourse - 43%;
  • boys who received the infection in the womb or during childbirth from their mother - 2.5%.

Why is HIV infection spreading so quickly? Statistics confirm that the vast majority of infected people received their “dose” of the retrovirus through a syringe. In Russia, more than half of drug addicts use potent substances by injection, which poses a huge risk, because syringes are almost always used multiple times and for several people.

Additionally, the progression of AIDS can be explained by the lack of a clear program to combat retroviral infection. At the very beginning, when AIDS began to spread in the Russian Federation, statistics showed a sharp jump - an increase in the number of cases. During several years international associations to combat immunodeficiency, a certain amount was allocated, which was used for antiretroviral therapy in patients. When Russia was recognized as a high-income country, this help was withheld, and the funds allocated from the state budget became insufficient to provide quality therapy to patients.

How many HIV-infected people are there in specific regions of Russia?

The situation with the spread of immunodeficiency leaves much to be desired, however, the homogeneity of the disease is somewhat diverse - in the Russian Federation, some regions require more attention from doctors, while in others the rate of transmission dangerous disease do not cause concern. According to experts, the saddest situation is observed in the Irkutsk region. Here, retrovirus infection reaches 1.5% of the total population.

How many people have HIV (AIDS) and how does it become infected? More than 75% of patients in this region are infected as a result of unprotected sexual intercourse, with a certain percentage occurring in homosexual relationships. The remaining 25% experience pathology when injecting drugs; a small number occur in children born to HIV-positive mothers.

Also among the leaders in the progression of infection with immunodeficiency are Sverdlovskaya, Kemerovo region, Perm, Khanty-Mansiysk District. The statistics of HIV infection in Russia are no more rosy in the following regions:

  • Altaic;
  • Tomsk;
  • Kurgansky;
  • Novosibirsk;
  • Samara;
  • Tyumen;
  • Ulyanovsky;
  • Tverskoy;
  • Omsk;
  • Murmansk;
  • Orenburg;
  • Chelyabinsk;
  • Ivanovsky;
  • Leningradsky.

How many AIDS patients are there in the capital of the country can be answered more precisely. HIV statistics in Moscow at the beginning of the 21st century did not cause much concern among doctors, but this picture quickly changed in the opposite direction. In recent years, the retrovirus has begun to spread among residents of the capital by leaps and bounds. In 2016, more than 10 thousand infected people were registered. Moreover, half of them received the retrovirus through unprotected sex. 23% of those infected in this way became ill as a result of homosexual intercourse. HIV (AIDS) statistics in the regions of Russia remain unfavorable and require the adoption of certain measures to reduce the rate of spread of the disease.

The situation in the world: how quickly is AIDS spreading?

How many AIDS patients are there on the entire planet, which countries are one step away from developing an epidemic? The number of infected people varies from country to country. The most deplorable situation is observed in Africa, or more precisely in the South. The inhabitants of these regions make up only 10% of the total population of the planet. At the same time, from total number There are 25 million HIV-infected people (about 40 million) on this continent. These numbers are shocking.

The most unfavorable statistics of people infected with HIV (AIDS) are observed in the following countries of the world:

  • South Africa - more than 5 million;
  • India - 6.5 million;
  • Ethiopia - more than 4 million infected;
  • Nigeria - 3.6 million;
  • Mozambique - almost 2 million;
  • Kenya, Zimbabwe - 1.7 million infected each;
  • USA - 1.3 million;
  • China and Russia are about 1 million carriers of the retrovirus.

If we take into account the European continent, then approximately half of all infected people are residents of Ukraine and Russia. The main route of transmission of the virus in these countries is parenteral.

The HIV infection rate by country raises concerns for the future of humanity; analyzing the statistics, it can be argued that the massive spread is occurring in underdeveloped regions.

According to statistics, in countries infected with AIDS, the leading route of transmission is sexual and parenteral. The danger of the disease also lies in the fact that most patients do not want to believe in infection and refuse antiretroviral therapy. It can take more than 10 years from the infection to the stage of AIDS, but this indicator depends on the immune defense. In the absence of quality treatment, the disease develops much faster and leads to irreversible consequences.

Over the entire period of known immunodeficiency, more than 24 million patients died from it. At the same time, patients who received timely therapy were able to live fully for decades, no different from healthy people.

It is difficult to say exactly how many people are infected with HIV (AIDS), since the pathology is constantly spreading. However, scientists do not lose hope of finding an effective drug and finally defeating the retrovirus.

Shared

In Russia, over the 11 months of 2017, 85 thousand new HIV-infected people were officially identified; the incidence (ratio of the number of cases per population) of HIV was 57.9 cases per 100 thousand population of the Russian Federation. Every hour in Russia there are 10 HIV-infected people.

The total number of registered HIV-infected people for all years of observation as of November 1, 2017 was 1,193,890 people, of whom 269,282 died.

The number of HIV-positive people living in the Russian Federation is very close to a million, and to be precise in 2017 it was 924,608 people.

And as a result, the rate of HIV infection among the Russian population is 629.8 HIV-infected citizens per 100 thousand population. If recalculated as a percentage, it turns out that 0.6% of the Russian population is infected with HIV.

Russia ranks 3rd, after South Africa and Nigeria, in terms of the rate of emergence of new HIV cases per unit of time (growth rate).

This is often associated with an increase in screening the population for HIV, but in fact, an increase in the number of those screened. In Europe, more than half (64%) of all new HIV infections occur in Russia.

TOP20 territories by HIV incidence in 2017

The leading territories in terms of HIV incidence in 2017 (by default for 10 months) were:

  1. Kemerovo region– 174.5 per 100 thousand of us. (hereinafter %000), i.e. In absolute numbers, 4,727 new HIV-infected people were identified.
  2. Irkutsk region– 134.0%000 (3,228 people), 2% of the region’s population are infected!
  3. Sverdlovsk region– 128.1%000 (5,546 people). In the city of Yekaterinburg, 1,347 patients with HIV infection were identified (92.5%000).
  4. Vladimir region– 124.6%000 (1,731 people).
  5. Perm region for 11 months of 2017 – 126.2%000 (3,322 people), 13.1% more than the previous year.
  6. Novosibirsk region – 120.3%000 (3,345 people).
  7. Tyumen region - 109.2% 000 (1,614 people, including 5 teenagers).
  8. Chelyabinsk region – 109.1%000 (3,821 people).
  9. Tomsk region – 104.6%000 (1,129 people).
  10. Kurgan region – 99.3%000 (848 people).
  11. Krasnoyarsk Territory – 97.0%000 (2,789 people).
  12. Orenburg region – 96.3%000 (1,916 people).
  13. Altai Territory - 85.8%000 (2,030 people).
  14. Omsk region – 84.8%000 (1,673 people).
  15. Samara region - 84.2% 000 (2,698 people), every 100th resident of the region is HIV-infected.
  16. Republic of Crimea – 79.0%000 (1,849 people).
  17. Khanty-Mansiysk autonomous region– Yugra – in 11 months 2017– 83.5%000 (1,374 people).
  18. Ulyanovsk region – 72.3%000 (906 people).
  19. Republic of Khakassia – 71.0%000 (382 people).
  20. Udmurt Republic – 69.2%000 (1,050 people).

The territories most affected by HIV infection (by default as of November 1, 2017) are:

  1. Irkutsk region– 1,738.2 people living with HIV are registered per 100 thousand population (hereinafter %000) (41,872 people),
  2. Sverdlovsk region– 93,494 people are infected with HIV. (1,704.3%000), i.e. ~ 2% of the population suffers from HIV infection, in addition, 2% of pregnant women (every 50th) are infected with HIV, e.g. The Sverdlovsk region is ahead of everyone in the number of children (~15,000) born to mothers with HIV infection. This is very serious, this is a real epidemic.
  3. Kemerovo region – 1 630,7%000 (44,173 people).
  4. Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug– 1,513.6%000 (24,915 people) (as of 12/01/2017 -1,522%000 (25,054 people)).
  5. Samara region – 1,473.3%000 (47,200 people).
  6. Tyumen region – 1,393.3%000 (20,592 people).
  7. Orenburg region – 1,284.7%000 (25,560 people).
  8. Chelyabinsk region – 1,198.0%000 (41,958 people).
  9. Novosibirsk region – 1,104.3%000 (30,695 people).
  10. Perm region as of 12/03/2017 – 1 237,8%000 (32,581 people).
  11. Republic of Crimea – 1,037.9%000 (24,296 people).
  12. Ulyanovsk region – 960.1%000 (12,029 people).
  13. Altai Territory – 902.7%000 (21,355 people).
  14. Leningrad region – 872.9%000 (15,642 people).
  15. Krasnoyarsk Territory – 853.4%000 (24,538 people).
  16. Tomsk region – 835.1%000 (9,010 people).
  17. Kurgan region – 823.4%000 (7,033 people).
  18. Tver region – 771.8%000 (10,009 people).
  19. Omsk region – 737.5%000 (14,549 people).
  20. Moscow region as of 12/01/2017– 565.8%000 (42,000 people).

10 most dangerous regions for HIV in Russia.

Leading cities in terms of HIV prevalence (by default as of November 1, 2017):

  1. Kemerovo - 2,154.7% 000 (more than 12,000 people). 2% of residents of the city of Kemerovo are infected with HIV.
  2. Novosibirsk as of May 19, 2017 – 2,121.1 (more than 34,000 people). More than 2% (every 47th) of Novosibirsk citizens are infected with HIV.
  3. Irkutsk as of 12/01/2017– 1,964.0%000 (more than 12,250 people). 2% of Irkutsk are infected with HIV, every 50th.
  4. Ekaterinburg - 1,956.0% 000 (28,478 people) Almost 2% of city residents are affected by HIV, every 51st, p.e. Yekaterinburg is called the “capital of AIDS”.
  5. Chelyabinsk - 1,584.8% 000 (19,000 people) 1.6% of the city's population are HIV-infected, every 63rd.

St. Petersburg – 880.4%000 (46,499 people).

Moscow as of 12/01/2017– 710.8%000 (more than 88,000 people).

Sex composition

In 2017, men still predominated among HIV-infected people - 62.9%, women - 37.6%.

Age composition

The age group most affected by HIV is 30-39 years old, in which every 50th person has HIV infection. The epidemic is migrating to older age groups: for example, in 2000, the age group under 30 years old was 87%, and in 2017, HIV-infected people diagnosed at the age of 30-50 years old were 69%. But here also possible reason there may be late detection. Question: “When did they become infected with HIV?” In addition, cases of infection in very old age have become more frequent, for example

A 98-year-old grandfather infected with HIV was identified in Yekaterinburg.

Routes of infection

The sexual route continues to predominate, which should be very alarming, because... The population of people with more than one sexual partner is vast and has enormous potential for the development of an HIV epidemic.

In 2017, more than half of newly diagnosed HIV-infected people were infected through natural sexual contact., 2.3% – through unnatural sexual intercourse (“special” men), 46.1% – through the use of psychoactive substances, 1.4% – children born to women with HIV infection.

Infection within the walls of medical institutions is growing, which is also an indicator of the HIV epidemic:

h a 10 months of 2017 registered 12 cases of suspected HIV infection during the provision of medical care .

Mortality

In the first 10 months of 2017, 24,713 patients with HIV infection died in Russia, which is 8.2% more than in the same period last year.

Every day 80 HIV-infected people die.

Educational composition

Persons with secondary specialized education predominate. Perhaps in the future we will face a shortage of specialists due to HIV infection.

Treatment

Only a third of HIV-infected people (328,138 out of 709,022 in need) received the necessary treatment. There were interruptions in the supply of necessary drugs, and some patients (21,903 people) stopped taking necessary medications. Treatment regimens are outdated and do not promote adherence to their use. HIV treatment coverage has barely reached 35.5% of all living HIV-infected people; among those under medical supervision, this percentage is higher – 46.3%.

Population screening for HIV

In 2017 (10 months), survey coverage increased slightly, by approximately 10.8% - 27,330,821 Russians were examined, among whom 95% are not representatives of risk groups. That's why It is at least unprofessional to associate the growth of HIV infection with an increase in screening coverage (examination).

HIV prevalence among risk groups

According to biological and behavioral studies by the Open Institute of Population Health Foundation with the support of Rospotrebnadzor among key populations vulnerable to HIV (IDUs, MSM, sex workers) in 7 major cities RF.

conclusions

Based on the results of this study, it was found that all vulnerable groups of the population are severely affected by HIV. Among drug users, half are infected with HIV, among “special men” up to 23%, although this group, perhaps, cares more about their prevention than anyone else, but with the increase in the frequency of “safe” sexual intercourse, the risk of HIV infection increases.

  1. In 2017, HIV and AIDS continued its victorious march across Russia, involving more and more new population groups in the epidemic process.
  2. The preventive measures taken were insufficient. It turned out that simply distributing condoms and leaflets is not enough.
  3. Low treatment coverage of people infected with HIV does not allow reducing the growth rate of the HIV epidemic.
  4. To prevent an epidemic catastrophe, the intervention of the main political figure in Russia is required, volleys of all weapons: fidelity, abstinence, condoms, pre-exposure, post-exposure drug prophylaxis.
  5. It is necessary to develop our own pharmaceutical production capacity to create inexpensive, accessible drugs to maintain an undetectable viral load in HIV-infected people, pre-exposure, post-exposure prophylaxis.

Video. The HIV situation in Russia in 2017.

The information is based on official data from the Russian Federal Center for the fight against AIDS, territorial AIDS centers, ROSPOTREBNADZOR.

Forecasts. Scenarios for the further development of HIV infection in the Russian Federation.

1st scenario. Fantastic.

The first person of the state gives orders to the people to whom we, as taxpayers, pay money for the prevention and fight against HIV/AIDS, and they finally begin to work for results. A methadone treatment program for drug users is being introduced, used syringes are being exchanged for new ones, in public places information machines with free rubber bands appear (approx. there is another word, but it is prohibited for use in the territory Russian Federation ), the “optimization” of medical institutions is stopped, Dom-2-like series are no longer shown on TV, and fidelity in marriage, abstinence before marriage, mutual monogamy are promoted, patients receive 1 tablet per day and become “undetectable.” The incidence rate is gradually going down, we have surpassed America and are joyfully stepping into a bright future.

2nd scenario. Catastrophic.

Everything is done as it is now, i.e. nothing (based on the results) is done. Panic is growing among the population, the stigmatization of HIV-infected people is growing, the number of defense-ready and able-bodied population is decreasing, and as a result the economy is falling, military power countries. The country is plunging into chaos, the apocalypse is here.

3rd scenario. Plausible.

Everything is done as it is done, i.e. nothing is being done, BUT... people realize that they are on their own and begin to act independently, as best they can: some fall into abstinence, some establish proper marital relationships, some begin to always carry a pack of elastic bands with them and put them on 2-3 pieces, someone just stops using drugs. The growth rate of HIV infection is stabilizing. People understand that they can still do something to change their lives.

TASS DOSSIER. From May 15 to May 21, 2017, the All-Russian campaign “Stop HIV/AIDS” will be held in Russia for the third time. Its organizer is the Foundation for Social and Cultural Initiatives (the President of the Foundation is the wife of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Svetlana Medvedeva). The action is carried out with the support of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Communications of Russia, Rosmolodezh, Rospotrebnadzor, as well as the Union of Rectors of Russia, leading state universities of the Russian Federation and the Russian Orthodox Church.

It is dedicated to World Day in memory of AIDS victims, which is held annually on the third Sunday in May. Its goal is to draw attention to this problem in Russia, to increase awareness of the population, especially young people, about the disease.

Campaign "Stop HIV/AIDS"

The all-Russian campaign “Stop HIV/AIDS” began to be held in Russia in 2016. The key event of the first campaign, held in May, was an open student forum. The second event was timed to coincide with World AIDS Day (December 1) and took place at the end of November. It started at the II All-Russian Forum for specialists in the prevention and treatment of the disease (November 28).

As part of the campaign, a public lesson“Knowledge - Responsibility - Health”, which showed a film about current issues in the fight against HIV infection.

HIV/AIDS disease

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) attacks the immune system and weakens the body's defenses against a wide range of infections and diseases, including some types of cancer. HIV-infected people gradually develop immunodeficiency.

The last stage of the disease that develops when infected with the human immunodeficiency virus is AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), when the human body loses the ability to protect itself from infections and tumors. U different people AIDS can develop 2-15 years after HIV infection.

There is no cure for HIV infection. However, through treatment with antiretroviral drugs, the virus can be controlled and transmission can be prevented. This facilitates and prolongs the life of those infected with the infection.

Statistics for Russia

The epidemiological situation regarding HIV infection in Russia (the first case was identified in 1987) is unfavorable; cases of the disease have been identified in all constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

According to Rospotrebnadzor, as of December 31, 2016, since 1987, a total of 1 million 114 thousand 815 cases of HIV infection have been registered among citizens of the Russian Federation, of which 243 thousand 863 people have died. Thus, at the beginning of 2017, 870 thousand 952 Russians lived in Russia with a diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, which is 0.59% of the total population of the country (146 million 804 thousand 372). The prevalence of HIV as of December 31, 2016 was an average of 594.3 people with an established diagnosis per 100 thousand of the country’s population.

The number of newly identified cases of HIV infection in the country continues to grow. According to Rospotrebnadzor, in 2011-2016. the annual increase averaged 10%. In 2016, territorial centers for the prevention and control of AIDS registered 103 thousand 438 new cases of HIV infection (excluding those identified anonymously and foreign citizens) - 5.3% more than in 2015 (95 thousand 475).

High HIV prevalence is observed in the 30 most large subjects Russian Federation, where 45.3% of the country's population lives. The most unfavorable regions, where the number of people living with HIV exceeds 1 thousand people per 100 thousand population, are Sverdlovsk (1648 per 100 thousand population), Irkutsk (1636), Kemerovo (1583), Samara (1477), Orenburg (1217) region, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (1202), Leningrad (1147), Tyumen (1085), Chelyabinsk (1079) and Novosibirsk (1022) regions.

A high level of HIV infection in the Russian Federation is observed in the age group from 30 to 39 years. Among young people (15-20 years old), more than 1.1 thousand people with HIV infection are registered annually. Cases of children becoming infected with breastfeeding: in 2014, 41 children were infected, in 2015 - 47 children, in 2016 - 59.

In 2016, 675 thousand 403 patients were registered with specialized medical organizations (77.5% of all those living with a diagnosis of HIV/AIDS). Of these, 285 thousand 920 patients (42.3% of those registered) received antiretroviral therapy.

HIV/AIDS in the world

Some scientists believe that HIV was transmitted from monkeys to humans as early as the 1920s. The first victim of this disease may have been a man who died in 1959 in the Congo. This conclusion was reached by doctors who later analyzed his medical history.

For the first time, symptoms of the disease characteristic of HIV/AIDS were described in 1981 during an examination of several men of non-traditional sexual orientation in clinics in Los Angeles and New York. In 1983, researchers from the USA and France described a virus that can cause HIV/AIDS. Since 1985, HIV blood testing has become available in clinical laboratories.

According to World Organization healthcare, at the end of 2015, there were from 34 to 39.8 million (on average 36.7 million) HIV-infected people in the world. The most affected region is sub-Saharan Africa, with about 25.6 million people living with HIV in 2015 (approximately two-thirds of all those infected). More than 35 million people have become victims of HIV/AIDS in the world. In 2015 alone, approximately 1.1 million people died. As of June 2016, 18.2 million patients had access to antiretroviral treatment, including 910 thousand children.

The word “AIDS” is known to every person on earth and means a terrible disease, against the background of which there is an uncontrolled drop in the level of lymphocytes in a person’s blood. The disease state is the final phase of development of HIV infection in the body, leading to death. The first descriptions of the disease date back to the 80s, when doctors around the world encountered its manifestations.

Statistics data

Currently, AIDS in Russia is spreading at a colossal pace. Statistics officially recorded the number of infected people. Their number is shocking with its zeros, namely, there are about 1,000,000 patients with HIV infection. These data were announced by V. Pokrovsky, head of the Center for Epidemiology of the Russian Federation. Statistics claim that during the Christmas holidays of 2015 alone, the number of people infected with HIV corresponds to the figure of 6,000. Pokrovsky noted these data as the highest figure for all previous years.

As a rule, the issue of AIDS becomes the most discussed twice a year. The AIDS Center declared the beginning of winter (December 1) as the Day against the Disease. In the first days of May, the Day of Mourning is held for those who died from the “plague of the 20th century”. However, the topic of AIDS and HIV infection was touched upon outside these two days. The UN statement stated that the Russian Federation has become a global center for the spread of HIV. Particularly frequent cases of the disease have been registered in the Irkutsk region. It has become a generalized center of the HIV epidemic.

This information once again confirms the progression of the disease. V. Pokrovsky has repeatedly stated this, and UNAIDS documents have also reported this. Dmitry Medvedev, during a meeting of the health commission, confirmed the presence of cases in the country and an increase in the number of patients by 10% annually. Frightening facts came from the lips of V. Skvortsova, who believes that in about 5 years, AIDS in Russia could reach the level of 250%. These facts indicate an all-encompassing epidemic.

Percentage of cases

Discussing the problem, V. Pokrovsky argues that the typical way of infecting women is through sexual intercourse. The fact is that AIDS in Russia is recorded in more than 2% of the male population aged 23 to 40 years. Of them:

  • with drug use - about 53%;
  • sexual contact - about 43%;
  • homosexual relationships - about 1.5%;
  • children born to mothers with HIV infection - 2.5%.

The statistics are truly shocking in their numbers.

Reasons for AIDS Leadership

Experts note two main indicators of the deterioration of the situation in this area.

  • AIDS in Russia is spreading at such a rapid pace due to the lack of programs to combat it. The fact is that in the period 2000-2004 the Russian Federation received support to overcome this problem from international fund. After the Russian Federation was recognized as a country with high incomes, international subsidies were suspended, and internal subsidies from the country’s budget became insufficient to overcome the disease.
  • The disease is advancing by leaps and bounds due to drug use through injection. The AIDS Center confirmed that about 54% of citizens received the disease “through a syringe.”

The statistics are shocking due to the widespread nature of the disease. The risk of becoming HIV-infected increases every year. The number of deaths from this disease has also increased.

According to V. Pokrovsky, there are 205,000 people in Russia. This figure covers only the surveyed segments of the population. This includes patients who are already registered as having received the infection. According to experts, to this number should be added potentially hidden HIV carriers who do not receive treatment and are not registered with a doctor. In total, the figure could reach 1,500,000 people.

The most problematic area for AIDS

AIDS statistics in Russia show how widespread the problem is. On this moment The situation affecting the Irkutsk region is considered the most critical. The region's chief doctor for combating the disease stated that almost every 2 people out of a hundred have a confirmation of an HIV test. This corresponds to 1.5% of the total population of the region.

Three out of four incidents involve sexual contact between people under 40 years of age. When the circumstances are clarified, it often turns out that the infected person had no idea that he had become a carrier of the infection and requires intensive treatment.

In V. Pokrovsky’s report, the phrase was said: “If 1% of women carrying a fetus are diagnosed with HIV based on blood tests, then epidemiologists have the right to classify the disease as a generalized epidemic.” It was this indicator that was confirmed by doctors in the Irkutsk region. The situation has worsened due to the lack of specialized center and negligent attitude towards the problem of the regional governor.

Along with the Irkutsk region, a difficult situation observed in another 19 regions. These include areas:

  • Samara;
  • Sverdlovskaya;
  • Kemerovo;
  • Ulyanovskaya;
  • Tyumen;
  • Perm region;
  • Leningradskaya;
  • Chelyabinskaya;
  • Orenburgskaya;
  • Tomskaya;
  • Altai region;
  • Murmanskaya;
  • Novosibirsk;
  • Omsk;
  • Ivanovskaya;
  • Tverskaya;
  • Kurganskaya;
  • Khanty-Mansiysk Okrug.

The first place in the black list is occupied by the Sverdlovsk and Irkutsk regions, followed by Perm, followed by the Khanty-Mansiysk Okrug, and the Kemerovo region concludes the list.

The leadership of the regions is far from encouraging. In these areas, you can take the test anonymously at any doctor's office.

AIDS: cost of treatment

While anonymous testing is free in most cases, the treatment itself will require significant investment. The pricing policy of pharmaceutical companies in the field of antiretroviral therapy in our country is quite strict. So, when comparing prices, it can be noted that a course of treatment in African countries is equal to 100 dollars, in India it will be from 250 to 300 dollars, but in Russia you should pay about 2000 dollars for it. This amount is unaffordable for many residents of the country.

Statistics indicate that over the past year, only slightly more than 30% of the sick population were able to receive antiretroviral care. The reason for this fact is the inflated prices set by medicine suppliers.

If it turns out that your partner is HIV-positive, you need to get tested urgently. AIDS is a dangerous, fatal disease, so delay in examination can end disastrously for the patient.

  1. For the first time, people on the planet learned about the disease only 3 decades ago.
  2. The most insidious strain is HIV 1.
  3. Compared to the original virus, today's HIV has become more adaptable and tougher.
  4. In the 80s, the disease sounded like a synonym for a death sentence.
  5. The first case of infection was recorded by doctors in Congo.
  6. Many experts are of the opinion that it was the secondary use of syringes that led to such a rapid spread of the disease.
  7. The first person to open the list of people who became infected and died from AIDS was a teenager from It happened in 1969.
  8. In America, the first spreader of the disease is considered to be homosexual Steward Dugas, who died of HIV in 1984.
  9. List famous people of the world who have died from the virus can be read with tears in your eyes. The disease claimed the lives of Arthur Ashe, Freddie Mercury, Magic Johnson and many others.
  10. The case of Nushawn Williams is considered egregious, who, knowing about his infection, deliberately infected his partners, for which he received a prison sentence.
  11. Do not despair if our the immune system able to resist the disease. So, out of 300 people, the body of one copes with the disease on its own. This means that our body includes a gene that can protect us from the virus, and we can hope that soon a terrible diagnosis will not mean a death sentence.

The topic of the article is not the most pleasant, but “forewarned is forearmed”, the problem exists and simply turning a blind eye to it is unforgivable carelessness. Travelers often take risks with their health, fortunately, with fewer consequences, but it’s still not worth putting yourself in danger.

South Africa

Although the country is the most developed on the African continent, the number of HIV-infected people here is a record - 5.6 million. This despite the fact that there are only 34 million patients in the world, and the population of South Africa is about 53 million, that is, more than 15% are living with the virus.

What you need to know: Most people living with HIV are blacks from inner-city suburbs. It is this group that is in the worst social conditions with all the ensuing consequences: drug addiction, promiscuous sex, unsanitary conditions. The most patients were recorded in the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal (capital - Durban), Mpumalanga (Nelspreid), Freestate (Blomfontien), North West (Mafikeng) and Gauteng (Johanesburg).

Nigeria

There are 3.3 million HIV-infected people here, although this is less than 5% of the population: Nigeria recently supplanted Russia, taking 7th place in the world - 173.5 million people. IN big cities the disease spreads due to antisocial behavior, and in rural areas due to constant labor migration and “free” morals and traditions.

What you need to know: Nigeria is not the most hospitable country and Nigerians themselves are well aware of this. Therefore, the receiving party will certainly take care of safety and warn against dangerous contacts.

Kenya

The country accounts for 1.6 million infected people, slightly more than 6% of the population. At the same time, women are more likely to suffer from the disease - about 8% of Kenyans are infected. As in many African countries, the status of women, and therefore their level of security and education, is still very low.

What you need to know: Safari in national park or a beach and hotel holiday in Mombasa are completely safe activities, unless, of course, you specifically look for illegal entertainment.

Tanzania

Quite a friendly country for tourists with a lot of interesting places, is also dangerous from the point of view of HIV infection, although not like many other countries in Africa. According to recent studies, the HIV/AIDS incidence rate in Tanzania is 5.1%. There are fewer infected men, but the gap is not as large as, for example, in Kenya.

What you need to know: Tanzania, by African standards, is a fairly prosperous country, so if you follow the obvious rules, the threat of infection is minimal. The percentage of infected people is high, more than 10, in the Njobe region and the capital Dar es Salaam. Luckily, both of them are far from the tourist route, unlike Kilimanjaro or Zanzibar Island.

Mozambique

The country is deprived not only of attractions, but also of basic infrastructure from hospitals to roads and water supply. Moreover, many consequences civil war still not resolved. Certainly, African country in this state, she could not avoid the epidemic: according to various estimates, from 1.6 to 5.7 people were infected - conditions simply do not allow for an accurate study. Due to the widespread spread of the immunodeficiency virus, outbreaks of tuberculosis, malaria and cholera often break out.

Uganda

A country with good potential for classic safari tourism, which it is actively developing in Lately. Plus, Uganda has been and remains one of the most progressive countries in terms of HIV prevention and diagnosis in Africa. The first specialized clinic was opened here, and there are disease testing centers throughout the country.

What you need to know: the risk groups are the same as everywhere else: drug addicts, former prisoners - it will not be difficult for a sane tourist not to cross paths with them.

Zambia and Zimbabwe

These countries are similar in many ways, even the main attraction is one between them: it is located right on the border - tourists can come to it from both sides. In terms of living standards and AIDS incidence, the countries are also not far from each other - in Zambia there are almost a million infected, in Zimbabwe - 1.2. This is an average figure for Southern Africa - from 5% to 15% of the population.

What you need to know: there are problems with the provision of medicines; in addition, in rural areas, many self-medicate and practice useless rituals. Therefore, the disease, typical of cities, reached remote areas.

India

There are 2.4 million HIV-infected people here, although against the backdrop of a population of 1.2 billion this does not look so scary - less than 1%. The main risk group is sex industry workers. 55% of Indians living with HIV live in four southern states - Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. In Goa, the incidence rate is far from the highest for 0.6% of men and 0.4% of women.

What you need to know: fortunately, HIV infection, unlike many other tropical diseases, depends indirectly on unsanitary conditions. Outright dirt and cramped conditions are normal for India. The main thing, as, by the way, in any country, is to try not to appear in public places, if there are wounds and cuts on the body, do not wear open shoes in the city, and we’re not even talking about dubious entertainment.

Ukraine

Eastern Europe, unfortunately, has been last decades showed positive dynamics in the incidence of HIV/AIDS, and Ukraine consistently tops this sad list. Today in the country a little more than 1% of people are HIV-infected.

What you need to know: several years ago, unprotected sex became the method of spreading the disease, overtaking injections with dirty syringes. The Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Odessa and Nikolaev regions are unfavorable. There, per 100 thousand inhabitants there are 600-700 infected. Kyiv, where tourists most often come, has an average level, and the most low rate in the country near Transcarpathia.

USA

America ranks 9th in the world in the number of HIV carriers - 1.2 million people. Such a high figure in one of the most prosperous countries due to high level drug addiction, unresolved social contradictions, active migration. And the riotous, dissolute 60s were not in vain for the health of the nation. Of course, the disease is concentrated on specific groups of people who, most often, live not so much separately from everyone else, but localized, in “bad” areas.

What you need to know: here are ten cities where the percentage of HIV-positive patients is the highest (in descending order): Miami, Baton Rouge, Jacksonville, New York, Washington, DC, Memphis, Orlando, New Orleans, Baltimore.

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