More than Half of New HIV Cases in Russia East of the Urals where Infection Rates Rival or Even Exceed Those in Sub-Saharan Africa, ‘To Be Precise’ Portal Says

Paul Goble
    Staunton, Dec. 21 – At the end of 2023, approximately 1.2 million residents of the Russian Federation were infected with HIV. Half of the new infections were in regions east of the Urals where the rates of infection now rival or even exceed those in sub-Saharan African countries, according to new research by the To Be Precise portal.
    While the rate of HIV infections for Russia as a whole is 38 per 100,000, in Chukotka, it is 102 per 100,000, a figure that exceeds Zimbabwe’s 98 per 100,000, Uganda’s 86, and Tanzania’s 85, the portal’s Kensiya Babikhina says (tochno.st/materials/v-kakix-regionax-rossii-samaia-tiazelaia-situaciia-s-vic-reiting-esli-byt-tocnym).
    In some federal subjects, the situation regarding HIV infections and deaths have improved slightly, although this may reflect only a decline in testing rather than a real improvement, the journalist says; but in others, ever more people are infected, often in less high risk groups, and are dying, because of the unavailability of needed medications.