HIV infection rate down 27 pct over past decade in Russia, says official

NAMPA / Xinhua

2024-12-01

MOSCOW, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- HIV infection rate in Russia has dropped by 27 percent over the last decade due to a notable increase in testing efforts, local media reported Sunday, citing the country's health authorities. "In the past 10 years, the Russian Federation has seen a 27.1 percent decrease in HIV infection rates. The risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV has been virtually eliminated in the country," said the Federal Service for S......

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