More than 1,500 HIV-infected people have been identified in Bashkiria year to date

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Since the beginning of 2020, 1,534 HIV-infected have been identified in the republic, the Prevention and Control of AIDS and Infectious Diseases Center RB reports. Of these, 908 (59%) were men, 626 (40%) women. Among the newly identified, 99 people are in correctional facilities.

From January to September, 595 HIV-infected people died in Bashkiria.

There are 284 HIV-infected pregnant women registered in the republic, 277 children were born from HIV-infected mothers.

In just nine months of 2020, 624,771 people were tested for HIV in Bashkiria, the coverage of the population with the medical examination was 15.4%, which is 14.6% lower than a year earlier.

Now the HIV incidence rate in Bashkiria is 37.87 per 100 thousand inhabitants. Compared to the same period in 2019, the incidence has decreased by 26%.

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