WRussia’s HIV infection rate is growing 10 % a year and more than 1mn Russians have been diagnosed with the disease in nearly three decades, the country’s top Aids expert said yesterday.The number of registered cases reached 1,087,339 on September 30, Vadim Pokrovsky, head of the national state Aids centre, said at a news conference.That number is a cumulative total of all those registered since 1987 and includes those who have since died.According to the health ministry, around 820,000 Russians out of a population of 146mn are currently living with HIV.In 2015, 110,000 new cases were officially registered in Russia, …read more
Source: Gulf times
