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In the Tyumen region the HIV epidemic. Terrible figures.

В Тюменской области эпидемия ВИЧ. Страшные цифры.

Part of Tyumen people newly infected with HIV in 2015, the route of transmission is not yet installed, is carried out medical investigation. It is about 30% of patients. These data are published by press service of the Governor of the region.

Only in 2015 in the Tyumen region registered 1741 case of HIV infection, including 223 in correctional facilities. Every third infected with a dangerous sexually transmitted infection, 38% after intravenous non-medical use of psychoactive substances.

In 2015 among newly diagnosed HIV — infected women amounted to 709 cases of 40.7%, among men registered 1032 cases, or 59.3%.

In addition, in the Tyumen region 474 of the child born with perinatal contact with HIV infection. “Their mothers were receiving HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy), — noted in a press release. — To date, the diagnosis of HIV infection among births in 2015 set to only one child.”

We will note as earlier it was written on “URA.Ru” in the regions of the greater Urals develops generalized (higher) stage of HIV infection that require special measures. It is about the spread of the disease not only among high-risk groups (e.g. injecting drug users).

So, in the Sverdlovsk region, 2% of pregnant women are carriers of HIV. In Tyumen, Chelyabinsk, Kurgan oblasts, the Perm Krai and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug this figure reached 1%. Such indicator in Europe enough to recognize the epidemic.

Among the regions of the greater Urals only in Yamal have not yet reached a critical situation.

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