Local HIV/AIDS info

In the Russian Federation, the HIV epidemic affects primarily young people, the most active part of the population: approximately 68% of all people with HIV diagnosed for are young people under 30. The number of new HIV cases has increased due to increasing cases of sexual transmission of HIV from vulnerable groups - primarily injecting drug users - to the general population. The proportion of new HIV cases among women is increasing as well. Women in Russia are mainly infected with HIV through heterosexual contacts (62.4% of new cases among women in 2010), whereas men, through injecting drug use (74.5%).

In general, the epidemiological situation around HIV infection in Russia can be considered, according to the FSMC for AIDS, "steadily deteriorating": on average 160 new HIV infections were recorded in Russia per day in 2009-2010 (compared to 150 in 2008).