Promotions and events on World AIDS Day. World AIDS Day

Why commemorate HIV/AIDS Day, which has claimed millions of lives? We do not celebrate cancer day, smallpox day.

AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome caused by HIV identified doctors only in 1981 year though. HIV already in 1910 successfully did its dirty work among blacks and monkeys in central Africa. Why did it take so long to understand that HIV is so dangerous for humanity? And what is so special about him that there is so much attention to this AIDS?

The history of AIDS reflects the human being as a part of all life on Earth, how people understand what a disease is, what is a condition that causes pain in the human body, and how society reacts when a lot of people get sick.

The virus that causes AIDS is called HIV (), it is a retrovirus, p.ch. it is not like other viruses. 2 years before the discovery of AIDS, scientists did not believe at all that retroviruses could cause disease in humans ( naive ;-)).

AIDS has caused particular horror. At the beginning he struck large group young, healthy, active, life-loving "special" men.

A lot of condemnation fell on these people, people called this disease the blue plague, the punishment of God (although they themselves sinned no less).

Those. AIDS revealed the depravity of society in relation to a sick unfortunate person, i.e. instead of compassion, participation, support, it subjected them to ridicule, stab, persecution, stigma and discrimination.

For a long time, HIV did not leave Africa, affecting Africans and chimpanzees. The disease was not so easy to identify, because she has a very long hidden incubation period, i.e. several decades may pass without any visible signs.

HIV can only be transmitted through,. In addition, those whose profession is associated with damage to the skin, mucous membranes (surgeons, dentists, nail technicians, tattooists, etc.) can become infected themselves and transmit the virus to others.

How it all began

First those who suspected the emergence of a new disease were doctors who provided medical care to gay men from the gay communities of large cities in the United States, especially Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.

The attention of these doctors was drawn by the fact that perfectly healthy young people began to get sick pneumonia, which was ill by very sick people, for example, those who underwent organ transplantation (because they were injected with drugs that suppress the immune system so that the organs take root). Other young people were sick cancer (Kaposi's sarcoma), which affected only elderly people from the Mediterranean region.

When these unusual cases became very numerous, doctors June 5, 1981 years were published, which was read by doctors in the United States and around the world. And then the rest of the doctors, on the basis of the presented manifestations, symptoms, began to make a diagnosis of AIDS.

First publication on AIDS.

In the early 1980s, medical researchers worked around the clock to determine the cause of AIDS and develop a test to detect HIV among gay communities in the United States and elsewhere. In 1982, Larry Kramer and friends in New York founded a gay crisis center, Bobby Campbell with AIDS in San Francisco started a support group for people with Kaposi's sarcoma, one of the opportunistic cancers that develop with AIDS.

In 1983, Campbell and other activists met in Denver, Colorado to improve the rights and empowerment of people affected by AIDS. They issued the Denver Principles, requiring that they be treated NOT as patients, but as "People Living with AIDS" (PWA, now called PLWHA - people living with HIV). In addition, they urged the inclusion of PLHIV in all government and medical committees dealing with the AIDS epidemic at all levels, in order to inform the public that

PLWHA do not pose a threat to society, but practice safe sexual practices and inform all partners about their health status.

Soon similar groups of activists formed around the world. Their activities have ranged from supporting the sick at the political level to get the government to fund AIDS research and patient care programs to personal support for those living with HIV. One of the most highly professional political activist groups is the AIDS Coalition (ACT-UP), during which many street actions have been organized to raise awareness of the problems of AIDS patients. For example, events such as "A Day Without Art" brought attention to artists who died of AIDS.

The red ribbon is a symbol of the fight against HIV/AIDS.

AT 1991 In 1999, an organization called Visual AIDS in New York created a simple visual symbol that allowed people to show their support for the fight against AIDS: red ribbon. The color red was chosen because of its "connection with blood and passion - not only anger, but also love ...". The symbol is a strip of ribbon 15 cm long, rolled upside down on top V-shape and attached to clothes with the inscription "HIV and AIDS". At the 1991 Tony Awards for American Theatre, guests and speakers were adorned with red ribbons. The red ribbon quickly became recognized on international level as a symbol of the fight against AIDS. She also became a style icon, followed by ribbons. different colors, which are symbols of other diseases, such as black for melanoma, pink for breast cancer, white for bone cancer, etc.

AT 1987 two public information officers in Global Program on AIDS, WHO has proposed the creation of one day a year to raise public awareness on the prevention of AIDS.

AIDS Day 2018 Theme

the date December 1 was chosen because it comes after most of the national and autumn holidays but before the celebration of Christmas and New Year. Each year a theme is chosen, for example in the first 4 years the themes were Communication, Youth, Women and AIDS and Sharing the Problem.

The theme for World AIDS Day 2018 is "Know your HIV status".

December 1, 2018 marks the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day. "Guys, it's our anniversary." Since 1988, the AIDS response has made significant progress, and today millions of people living with HIV are leading healthy and productive lives. But as the latest UNAIDS report shows, we still have unmet targets. And one of the remaining problems is knowing HIV status.

HIV testing has importance for treatment coverage as possible more HIV-infected and achieving the goal of 90-90-90 (90% of the population is tested for HIV, 90% of HIV-infected people are aware of their diagnosis, 90% of HIV-infected people who need treatment receive it). It also allows people to use preventive methods to protect yourself and your loved ones.

Many barriers to HIV testing remain and more than 9.4 million people living with HIV (Source: UNAIDS) still do not know they are HIV positive. Stigma and discrimination prevent people from getting tested for HIV. Access to confidential HIV testing remains a problem. Many people are tested only after they already feel unwell and have appeared. This leads to the fact that the treatment of HIV-positive begins very late, which has a bad effect on the effectiveness of treatment and does not allow the use of prevention, because. up to this point, the person does not know that he has HIV and cannot apply preventive measures to prevent your partner from becoming infected with HIV. At the same time, there are many new opportunities to expand access to HIV testing: self-testing at home, testing in organized groups and passing testing when contacting medical institution help people know their HIV status.

HIV testing programs need to be scaled up. To do this, we need the main political figure in Russia to pay close attention to this and huge financial injections, as well as the development and large-scale implementation of innovative approaches to HIV testing.

Every year we increase our influence on the transition of epidemics from the zone of crisis to the zone of control over it. It also highlights the historic opportunity to accelerate progress towards ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a public health threat. Finally, it highlights important role transparency, accountability and partnership in achieving our common goals.

We're on the edge historical event when we can really fight back against HIV/AIDS. Today, for the first time in modern history we have the tools to change the very course of the pandemic, controlling it without a vaccine or treatment. Epidemic management has laid the foundation for the prevention, elimination or eradication of this disease, which we hope will be possible thanks to current and future scientific breakthroughs in the field of creating effective vaccine against HIV and AIDS treatment.

The right to health is the right of every human being to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, enshrined in 1966 by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

It includes the right of everyone, including people, living with and affected by HIV (now that's the right way to say) , to the prevention and treatment of disease, to make decisions about one's own health and treatment with respect for the individual, dignity and without discrimination. All people, regardless of who they are or where they live, have the right to health, which also depends on the sanitary conditions of the home, whole food, healthy conditions labor and legal rights. The right to health must be fought with all our might. Without conditions to ensure access to justice, the right to a clean environment, the right to freedom from violence, we cannot realize our right to health. The eradication of AIDS as a public health threat is only possible if these rights are respected worldwide, it is required condition to ensure the quality and availability of medical care.

There are many people in the world who have been denied the right to health. People living with HIV are particularly affected.

The right to health is more than access to quality medical services and medicines. It includes a number of important guarantees, including:

Respect for the individual and dignity, non-discrimination.
Equal rights for men and women.
Acceptable sanitary conditions residence.
Complete nutrition.
Health education.
Healthy working conditions.
Clean environment.
Security and the right to a fair trial.
The ability to make decisions about your health.

Without these guarantees, it is impossible effective prevention HIV infection, receiving adequate treatment and medical care.

People with HIV are often from the most marginalized sectors of society, including priestesses of love, gays, drug addicts, prisoners, migrants, etc. Their right to health is often violated in society. People believe that they do not have equal rights with them to free medical care.

The right to health of people living with HIV is violated when:

They are denied access to health services because of their age, gender, gay or HIV status.
They are denied the protection of law enforcement agencies.
They are afraid to use protective equipment sexually transmitted diseases during intimate contacts due to fear of crime.
They cannot take an HIV test because afraid of stigma and discrimination.

A rights-based right to health requires a health system that includes four key elements:

Availability: health care should be accessible/free for everyone.
ModernityA: health care must have adequate infrastructure and qualified personnel.
Deontological: provision medical services should be accompanied by respect for the individual, the absence of discrimination, in compliance with medical deontology and medical ethics.
quality: all health care must be of high quality.

The state must adhere to the following basic human rights obligations:

Respect: do not interfere with a person to realize their right to health.
Protection: to protect the individual from obstacles to the exercise of his right to health.
Effectiveness: take appropriate legislative, administrative, budgetary, judicial, informational and other measures to enable everyone to fully realize their right to health, and take measures to actively inform and promote the realization of the right to health.

Later, the United Nations (UN) created the Joint National Program on AIDS (UNAIDS), which took part in the planning and support of World AIDS Day. In June 2001, UNAIDS organized a special session of the UN General Assembly on AIDS, the first such special session hosted by international organization dedicated to illness. Every night during the meeting at the UN building in New York, a neon red ribbon appeared.

Red ribbon on the UN building in New York during the AIDS meeting.

(World AIDS Day) is celebrated annually around the world. This day has become one of the most important international days related to health issues and one of the key opportunities to raise awareness, pay tribute to the memory of those who have died from the disease, and the opportunity to celebrate achievements such as increased access to treatment and prevention measures.

All over the world today they are talking about AIDS, about the threat to the existence of mankind this global epidemic, about the scale of this tragedy, about the fact that this plague of the 20th and now the 21st century threatens the existence of mankind ... and, of course, about how to stop the global spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

1981 American Center disease control registered new disease- AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).

World AIDS Day was first celebrated on December 1, 1988, after a meeting of ministers of health from all countries called for social tolerance and increased information sharing on HIV/AIDS.

Celebrated annually, this international day serves to strengthen the organized efforts to combat the HIV and AIDS pandemic that is spreading across all regions of the world. Organized efforts aimed at strengthening public support programs to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, to organize training and provide information on all aspects of HIV/AIDS.

UNAIDS supports long-term global projects for the prevention of HIV infection and AIDS; helps fight for human rights regardless of HIV status, assists countries around the world through prevention education, support for research on HIV/AIDS, and work with programs to expand the international front against HIV/AIDS.

According to the organization, today more than 35 million people aged 15 to 49 are infected with HIV.

World AIDS Day has become an annual event in most countries. Although December 1st has been designated as the date for the Day, many communities organize a number of events during the weeks and days before and after the official celebration.

The symbol of the fight against AIDS is the red ribbon; not a single action in this area can do without it now. This ribbon as a symbol of AIDS awareness was conceived in the spring of 1991. Her idea belongs to the artist Frank Moore. He lived in upstate New York, where a neighboring family wore yellow ribbons, hoping for the safe return of their Gulf soldier daughter.

Ribbons as a symbol first appeared during the Gulf War. Green ribbons that look like an upside-down "V" have become a symbol of the experiences associated with the murders of children in Atlanta. The artist decided that the ribbon could be a metaphor for AIDS too.

The idea was adopted by the Visual AIDS group. Since the organization was made up of professional artists and arts managers, the publicity for the visible symbol of the fight against AIDS was done very well. It all started very simply. Here is an excerpt from an early flyer"Visual AIDS": "Cut a red ribbon 6 centimeters long, then fold at the top into an inverted 'V' shape. Use a safety pin to attach it to your clothes."

The Red Ribbon Project was officially launched at the 45th Annual Tony Awards 2000. All nominees and participants were invited (and quite successfully) to pin such ribbons. According to the press release announcing the Red Ribbon Project: “The red ribbon (an inverted V) will be a symbol of our compassion, support and hope for an AIDS-free future. The biggest hope associated with this project is that by December 1, world day fight against AIDS, these ribbons will be worn all over the world.”

And the red ribbon has gained immense popularity. Even though outright AIDS phobia was at its peak, red ribbons increasingly appeared on the lapels of jackets, the brim of hats - wherever a safety pin could be pinned. Over the next few years, ribbons became part of the dress code for the elite not only at Tony ceremonies, but at the Oscars and Emmys as well.

Trouble has come and more every day
Trying to take away our mortal lives,
She's on fire inside of us!
And he certainly craves a new victim!

About what terrible disease AIDS, everyone knows. And everyone understands what consequences the spread of this disease can lead to. And the majority of the healthy population of the planet avoid contact with those infected with AIDS, and they seem to be in isolation.

To draw public attention to the problems of these patients, to teach all people to be tolerant, so that healthy man imbued with understanding and compassion, and it was declared December 1, 1988 - the Day of the fight against AIDS. It is with the disease, and not with people infected with it. The decision was made after a meeting of the ministers of health of all countries, and was intended, among other things, to strengthen the efforts of all aimed at supporting programs for the prevention of this disease.

The red ribbon in the shape of an inverted V has become a symbol of the hope of all mankind for an AIDS-free future, worn by activists since 2000, and on December 1 by all progressive people.

Put on red ribbons
To show the world
What good we believe
And you don't have to retreat

On this AIDS Day
Let's remind everyone - we will
With the most formidable, bold look
Get rid of the plague!

A drop of blood on a needle -
Many bodies are already in the ground
He spares no one
The horror called AIDS!
So that nowhere and never
Trouble did not touch you:
Be careful in relationships
Forget about drugs!

AIDS is the plague of our country.
It is worse than nuclear war.
People died from it
AIDS is a terrible evil.

May medicine flourish
Kills the diseases of death.
I wish people health
Congratulations to all who are healed.

Let the world not know this grief,
Tears will drown in the blue sea.
Diseases will be cured
And people will not be judged.

And remember, there is only one life
May all of you be in trouble.
I wish you only one thing -
Appreciate what you have been given.

There is no worse virus
Than AIDS, we know it
The plague of our age
Everyone calls him.

Today is the day of the fight
With terrible misfortune
I loop a scarlet ribbon
We will connect with you.

Let's remind everyone
We are simple rules
How often does carelessness
The consequences are fatal.

We are born to live
Create and create
Don't let AIDS
Our world to kill.

AIDS is a disaster for people
We must fight it
After all, how many deaths from her,
As from a ruthless war!

Please take care of yourself
To prevent HIV from overcoming you:
Do not take drugs
Don't do bad things!

Changing lovers is dangerous
Keep HIV away!
May your life be beautiful
Without tears and bitterness in fate!

On AIDS Day
I want to wish you
Take care of your health
And don't risk it.

I wish it to the utmost
You were careful
Ties messy,
To not start.

To fight AIDS
Made a significant contribution
I wish to be healthy
To the people of the whole earth.

Avoid as much as you can
disorderly love,
And good connections
You set yourself
And then it won't be scary
No terrible AIDS
May your great conscience
On this day, sleep peacefully!

The fight against AIDS is so important
After all, people suffer from it,
After all, human life is so precious
And death was, is and will be,
While the minds of important scientists
Can't beat HIV!
Without these terrible sentences
People will live happier!

AIDS is not a sentence, but a test,
To clear the rest of the mind:
In order not to get sick and not to suffer,
You need to turn your head on often!

But they get sick and innocent too,
Nothing is more valuable than health
We will continue to live with optimism,
To win the damned AIDS!

Let's hope and believe
Let's try to trust God with our lives,
And we will ask the Lord for a miracle,
To give the world a long life!

AIDS is the plague of the twenty-first century
Unfortunately, he does not spare a person!
That's why we need to be careful
So as not to accidentally ruin your life!

Be happy, people, night and day,
But I ask you very much to always remember HIM,
I wish you to walk the path of life with a smile,
Not regretting that you can not return back!

Congratulations: 46 in verse.

"Keep promises. Stop AIDS."
Under such a motto passes.

In 1988, the UN General Assembly declared that the spread of AIDS had assumed the proportions of a global epidemic. To draw attention to this problem of people around the world, UN Resolution 43/15 officially announced December 1 - World AIDS Day. On this day, the world community expresses solidarity with people affected by the epidemic and support for efforts to combat AIDS around the world.

The problem of the spread of HIV infection has been relevant for the world community for over 30 years. Despite the efforts made, it has not yet been possible to turn the tide of the epidemic.

All over the world on this day they talk about AIDS, about the threat to the existence of mankind that the global epidemic poses. One can remember and mourn those who have already died or are terminally ill, one can talk about the scale of the tragedy and that only the plague of the 20th, and now the 21st century, threatens the existence of mankind.

World AIDS Day was first celebrated on December 1, 1988, after a meeting of ministers of health from all countries called for social tolerance and increased information sharing on HIV/AIDS. Celebrated annually on 1 December, World Day serves to strengthen organized efforts to combat the HIV and AIDS pandemic that is spreading across all regions of the world. Organized efforts are aimed at strengthening public support for programs to prevent the spread of HIV / AIDS, to organize training and provide information on all aspects of HIV / AIDS.

Realizing the ever-increasing complexities associated with the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the UN created an alliance of six global organizations in 1996. Called the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the program brings together as sponsors of this joint project the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund; the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank. UNAIDS supports long-term global projects to prevent HIV infection and AIDS; helps fight for human rights regardless of HIV status, assists countries around the world through prevention education, support for research on HIV/AIDS, and work with programs to expand the international front against HIV/AIDS.

It has become an annual event in most countries. Although December 1 is set as the date for the Day, many communities organize a number of events during the weeks and days before and after the official celebration.

The whole truth about AIDS

The existence of the HIV/AIDS virus was made "scientifically proven" in the US around 1980. Since then, many articles have appeared on the subject. The fact that the so-called human immunodeficiency virus was never discovered was admitted by its "discoverers" - Luc Montagnier from France and Robert Gallo from America. Nevertheless, the global deception continues. Very serious forces and money are involved in this process. The same Antal Makk, at the Budapest Congress in 1997, spoke in detail about the way the American authorities created the AIDS establishment, which includes many governmental and non-governmental institutions and services, representatives of health authorities and institutions, pharmaceutical companies, various AIDS societies, as well as AIDS -journalism.

hundreds scientific papers, medical research, reliable facts that refute the viral theory of deadly AIDS are simply ignored.

No one says that AIDS does not exist. This is not entirely accurate. AIDS - acquired human immunodeficiency syndrome - is. He was, is and will be. But it is not caused by a virus. Accordingly, it is impossible to become infected with it - in the usual sense of the word "infected" -. But it can be "acquired".

People have known about immunodeficiency for a long time. We are told that immune deficiency can be congenital or acquired. We knew all the diseases that are now united under the name "AIDS".

According to the World Health Organization, AIDS today is called such previously known diseases as candidiasis of the trachea, bronchi, lungs, esophagus, cryptosporodiosis, salmonella septicemia, pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumocystis pneumonia, herpes simplex, cytomegalovirus infection(with damage to other organs, except for the liver, spleen and lymph nodes), cervical cancer (invasive), wasting syndrome and others.

Speculation around the problem of HIV / AIDS is the biggest deception in the modern medicine market. Conditions of weakened immunity, that is, immunodeficiency, have been known to physicians since ancient times. There is social causes immunodeficiency - poverty, malnutrition, drug addiction and so on. There are ecological ones. In each specific case of weakened immunity, a conscientious and thorough examination of the patient is necessary to detect the cause of immunodeficiency.

AIDS is not infectious disease and is not caused by any virus. Still no scientific evidence presence of the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS.

TASS-DOSIER. December 1 is celebrated annually as World AIDS Day. It was proclaimed in 1988 by the World Health Organization (WHO) in order to draw the attention of the world community to the need to combat this disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Spending the day

On World AIDS Day, various events are organized to raise awareness of the population about HIV infection.

Until 2004, it was coordinated by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). The themes for the Day were then set by the Global Steering Committee of the World AIDS Campaign after consultation with representatives civil society, organizations and government agencies related to activities to address HIV.

In 2014, UNAIDS launched the Fast-Track to End AIDS campaign, which aims to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 (a target included in the Sustainable Development Goals, which were adopted by the UN in September 2015).

The themes of the Day are chosen for one or two years. In 2016, on the eve of it, the campaign "I'm for! #HIV prevention" was launched, aimed at raising awareness about various aspects prevention among populations such as adolescent girls, young women, people with increased risk and others. In 2017, World AIDS Day is dedicated to the theme "My health, my right." The #myrighthealth campaign aims to raise awareness of the need to ensure the realization of the right to health for all people around the world.

All AIDS events and documents use the emblem, designed in 1991 by the American artist Frank Moore, an image of a red ribbon folded in the form of an inverted V.

HIV AIDS

The human immunodeficiency virus infects immune system and weakens the body's defenses against a wide range of infections and diseases, including some types of cancer. HIV-infected people gradually develop immunodeficiency.

HIV can be transmitted through unprotected sexual contact, transfusion of contaminated blood, sharing of contaminated needles, syringes or other sharp instruments, and from mother to child during pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding.

The last stage of the disease that develops when infected with a virus is AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), when the human body loses the ability to defend itself against infections and tumors. AIDS can develop 2-15 years after infection.

There is no cure for HIV infection. However, with antiretroviral treatment, the virus can be controlled, transmission prevented and attenuated. destructive action on the body. This facilitates and prolongs the life of those infected with the infection.

The spread of HIV infection in the world

Some scientists believe that HIV was transmitted from monkeys to humans as early as the 1920s. The first victim of this disease may have been a man who died in 1959 in the Congo. This conclusion was reached by doctors who later analyzed his medical history.

For the first time, the symptoms of the disease characteristic of HIV infection were described in June 1981 in the "Weekly Bulletin of Morbidity and Mortality", published by the US Centers for Disease Control. Cases of immunodeficiency-associated disease have been identified in surveys of gay men at clinics in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York. In 1983, researchers from the US and France described a virus that could cause HIV/AIDS. In 1985, WHO adopted the abbreviation HTLV-III / LAV to designate the causative agent of this disease, since 1987 it has been designated as HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus). Since 1985, blood testing for HIV has become available in clinical laboratories.

According to WHO, at the beginning of 2017, there were about 36.7 million HIV-infected people in the world (of which 1.8 million were new cases of infection with the virus that were detected in 2016). However, this is not complete data. It is estimated that only 70% of people with HIV are currently aware of their status. The most unfavorable region is Sub-Saharan Africa, where about two-thirds of all infected live - about 25.6 million people (in 2016).

As of June 2017, an average of 20.9 million people living with HIV worldwide had access to antiretroviral treatment (of which approximately 43% were children). Thanks to the spread specific treatment Over the past 11 years, AIDS-related deaths have been reduced by about 48%, from a peak of 1.9 million in 2005 to 1 million in 2016.

Nevertheless, HIV remains a major global health problem. According to WHO, by the beginning of 2017, about 35 million people had become victims of the virus.

HIV in Russia

The first case of the disease in our country was detected in 1987 in Moscow. Since 2006, Russia has seen an annual increase in the number of new cases of virus infection by an average of 10%. HIV-infected people are registered in all 85 subjects of the Russian Federation.

In order to prevent the development of the epidemic, in October 2016 the Russian government approved the State Strategy for Combating the Spread of HIV Infection for the period up to 2020 and beyond. Since 2016, with the support of federal ministries and departments, the Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Railways, Aeroflot, and other organizations, the All-Russian campaign "Stop HIV/AIDS" is being held.

According to Federal Service on supervision in the field of consumer rights protection and human well-being (Rospotrebnadzor), at the beginning of 2017, 870 thousand 952 Russians lived with a diagnosis of HIV / AIDS - almost 0.6% of the country's population (146 million 804 thousand 372). In total, since 1987, 1 million 114 thousand 815 cases of HIV infection have been detected among citizens of the Russian Federation, of which 243 thousand 863 people have died.

In 2016, 103 thousand 438 new cases of HIV infection were registered (excluding those identified anonymously and foreign citizens) - 5.3% more than in 2015 (95 thousand 475). High level Infection with the immunodeficiency virus is observed in 30 large subjects of the Russian Federation, in which 45.3% of the country's population live. The most unfavorable regions, where the number of people living with HIV exceeds one thousand people per 100 thousand population, are: Sverdlovsk (1647.9 people per 100 thousand population), Irkutsk (1636), Kemerovo (1582.5), Samara (1476, 9), Orenburg (1217) regions, Khanty-Mansiysk autonomous region(1201.7), as well as the Leningrad (1147.3), Tyumen (1085.4), Chelyabinsk (1079.6) and Novosibirsk (1021.9) regions. Cases of infection in children continue to be detected breastfeeding: in 2014, 41 children were infected, in 2015 - 47 children, in 2016 - 59.

On dispensary registration in specialized medical organizations in 2016 there were 675 thousand 403 patients (77.5% of all living in the Russian Federation with a diagnosis of HIV / AIDS). Of these, 285,920 patients received antiretroviral therapy (42.3% of those registered).