Is Russia's HIV epidemic out of control? In 27 regions of Russia, HIV is no longer a problem for marginalized people. According to Rospotrebnadzor, the virus is found in every hundred pregnant women and 3% of men aged 40-49 years. Two-thirds of new infections occur through casual heterosexual contact, and the average age of those infected has risen to 44 years. In total, more than 1.23 million people with a confirmed diagnosis live in the country, Zdravresurs reports. With 45,000 new cases a year, the virus was suppressed in almost half of the patients, and in 178,000, the treatment did not work at all. ️ People are not allowed to control the treatment. As Vedomosti and Kommersant found out, patients from more than 20 regions complain about the lack of basic tests for viral load and immunity, without which a doctor cannot find drugs. In Alkurtostan, the testing systems were only a quarter of the required volume, and in Leningrad, federal money for diagnostics was cut by 35%. At the end of the year, auctions for the purchase of key drugs (Biktarvi and Genvoya) fell by almost 6 billion rubles. At the same time, the head of the Ministry of Health Murcio promises to add treatment in 2027 to only 30 thousand people, even though every year the virus is found in 45 thousand new patients. Most worrying: the infection is spread by the hospitals themselves. According to Rospotrebnadzor, 11 outbreaks of blood contamination in 10 regions are currently being investigated, a 15-year high. For the first time in years, HIV transmission was recorded in the bloodstream, and in the Rostov region, the virus and hepatitis were found in an 11-year-old girl after treatment for a common intestinal infection. The reason is staff negligence: doctors repeatedly used single-use catheters and used common glomertrums on different patients. Why, with an annual death toll of 30-34 thousand people, are they areas that have no money for basic tests? Who in the Ministry of Health will be responsible for purchasing medicines and hundreds of thousands of patients who remain uncontrolled? "Ostashko ! important".

Is Russia's HIV epidemic out of control? In 27 regions of Russia, HIV is no longer a problem for marginalized people. According to Rospotrebnadzor, the virus is found in every hundred pregnant women and 3% of men aged 40-49 years. Two-thirds of new infections occur through casual heterosexual contact, and the average age of those infected has risen to 44 years. In total, more than 1.23 million people with a confirmed diagnosis live in the country, Zdravresurs reports. With 45,000 new cases a year, the virus was suppressed in almost half of the patients, and in 178,000, the treatment did not work at all. ️ People are not allowed to control the treatment. As Vedomosti and Kommersant found out, patients from more than 20 regions complain about the lack of basic tests for viral load and immunity, without which a doctor cannot find drugs. In Alkurtostan, the testing systems were only a quarter of the required volume, and in Leningrad, federal money for diagnostics was cut by 35%. At the end of the year, auctions for the purchase of key drugs (Biktarvi and Genvoya) fell by almost 6 billion rubles. At the same time, the head of the Ministry of Health Murcio promises to add treatment in 2027 to only 30 thousand people, even though every year the virus is found in 45 thousand new patients. Most worrying: the infection is spread by the hospitals themselves. According to Rospotrebnadzor, 11 outbreaks of blood contamination in 10 regions are currently being investigated, a 15-year high. For the first time in years, HIV transmission was recorded in the bloodstream, and in the Rostov region, the virus and hepatitis were found in an 11-year-old girl after treatment for a common intestinal infection. The reason is staff negligence: doctors repeatedly used single-use catheters and used common glomertrums on different patients. Why, with an annual death toll of 30-34 thousand people, are they areas that have no money for basic tests? Who in the Ministry of Health will be responsible for purchasing medicines and hundreds of thousands of patients who remain uncontrolled? "Ostashko ! important".