AIDS nightmare in Russia

The status of the AIDS epidemic in Russia is now much worse than that of Western Europe and North America, due to high rates of transmission in groups such as homosexuals and sex workers.

Even so, the extent of the specific badness is not yet accurately quantified. Only knowing that the rate of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in Russia is 'towering' , far out of the West and increasing the risk of AIDS.

Worse than even Africa

"In this respect, Russia is very similar to Africa ," an AIDS expert commented. "In Africa, if the birth rate is very high, this rate in Russia is low. Therefore, if Russia has a 3% prevalence of AIDS, its population is also reduced by up to 6% , "he said." In Russia, AIDS is even more frightening than in Africa. ' , those who die will have a new population instead, and Russia will not. '

From sex workers, HIV quickly spreads to the community in Russia.

UNAIDS affirmed that if there is a region in the world that worries them about the HIV infection rate continues to increase, while all other regions have leveled off or fallen, is it not? must be Africa, Asia or Latin America. That is Eastern Europe, with countries like Russia and Ukraine, where a report not so long ago of UNICEF gave shocking information. The incidence has increased to . 700% from 2006 onwards.

Crisis in silence

According to Reuters , HIV / AIDS is like a "silent" crisis, raging in the "darkness" during the past 10 years in this region. Eastern Europe is now home to a quarter of the world's drug addicts (3.7 million people). Most of them are youth and teenagers. Experts believe that this is the first source of AIDS, before spreading to sex workers / prostitutes (most of whom are under the age of 30).

It is estimated that by the end of 2010, about 1.5 million people in Russia and Ukraine are living with HIV in their bodies. About 160,000 AIDS patients were born in 2010 and another 90,000 died in the hands of Century disease. The number of AIDS patients in Russia currently accounts for about 1% of the population, while this proportion of Ukraine is 1.1%.

In 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the lack of a vaccine for HIV and HIV inhibitors in Eastern Europe could lead to drug resistance.

Other approach

More than any other region in the world, Eastern Europe needs to act decisively and urgently. The problem will be extremely serious if HIV continues to spread from the narrow population of the population, UNAIDS warns.

There is nothing difficult to understand when Russia is racing against time to fight AIDS. The situation has forced Russian scientists instead of focusing on the direction of studying the HIV prevention mechanism to look for a cure. With a high incidence of new illnesses and deaths due to the current disease, the application of preventive vaccination solutions such as some Western countries is said to be 'inconsistent with reality' . The pressure on non-changeable populations forces Russians to think of faster, more effective and more effective anti-AIDS measures.