HIV is gaining momentum in Buryatia
In Buryatia, incurable virus from infected mothers were born 100 children joyless news released by the Office of Rospotrebnadzor Belarus on the eve of December 1 - World AIDS Day. "For the eleven months of 2010 recorded 424 cases of infection, which is 24.1 percent higher compared to the same period last year. Lesion of the Republic of Buryatia HIV infection was 444.2 cases per 100,000 population. In the epidemic process involved the whole territory of the republic. The highest incidence is registered in Ulan-Ude - 2742 cases in the area Zaigraevskom - 252 cases, "- the press service of Upravleniya.Rassadnik HIV in the country - the city of Ulan-Ude. Here, the highest concentration in Buryatia HIV-infected per naseleniya.Pri This continues the trend of previous years - the number of people who are infected with HIV through contaminated needles during drug use and falls. This year, through the injection became infected only 17% infected. The epidemic in the country spreads mainly through sex, like sexually transmitted diseases. However, the medicine to cure HIV infection, has not yet been created. And this very different from HIV venzabolevany. "In recent years significantly increased the proportion of sexual transmission from 29 percent in 2002 - up to 74 percent in 2009. During the current period in 2010 were infected through sexual 83.9 percent, "- said in Роспотребнадзоре.Получается that of the 424 residents of Buryatia, which are infected with HIV this year, about 350 people got the virus sexually putem.V total number of infected men in the country account for 60.8 per cent, women - 39.2. But when it comes to those who became infected with HIV this year, the men and women almost equally. In 2010 infected women gave birth to nearly a hundred children, significantly exceeding the results of last year. By the way, according to some reports, the risk of transmission from mother to child in an average of 3%, that is one hundred children will be infected with only three. However, to say certain, if the virus is transmitted from an infected mother to her newborn child or not, it will be possible only after six months or god.V Rospotrebnadzor in Belarus show: the most effective method of reducing the prevalence of HIV infection is awareness of the available methods of prevention. In Buryatia is a lot of work to combat AIDS. In almost all areas of organized volunteerism. Conducted comprehensive preventive measures, actions, treningi.K unfortunately referred 24 per cent increase in the number of newly diagnosed HIV cases in Buryatia, said that the situation is very serious. In general, the prevalence of HIV in our country above the national average, but below the Central Siberia. Of particular concern is the situation in the neighboring Irkutsk region. There's HIV prevalence is nearly three times more than Republican. Of the 99,000 HIV-infected Siberian in the neighboring area of 31.5 tysyachi.Nu lives and, of course, Ulan-Ude. It urgently needs something to do with sexually transmitted HIV. But what to do? Information Service, "Number One".












