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Russian AIDS Official Issues Gloomy ForecastOctober 8, 2001 Vadim Pokrovskiy, director of the Federal Research Center for AIDS Prevention, told the Russian news agency Interfax that 150,000 of those currently infected with HIV in Russia will have AIDS by 2006. Between 1996 and 2000, HIV was spread in Russia mainly through the use of intravenous drugs, according to the center. In 2000, only 57,000 cases of HIV infection were registered, but in the first nine months of 2001 there were 63,000 cases, he said. Pokrovskiy stressed that the real number of those infected with HIV is higher than the official statistics. "The number of those who are officially registered as infected [with HIV] is approximately one-fifth of the total number. That means a minimum of 750,000 Russians are now infected with HIV, and the most probable number is 1 million," he said. BBC 10.08.01  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. |
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