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Women in the country represent a growing share of those newly infected. In 2009, about
42% of new HIV infections were among women, up from 22% in 2001.

And young people are badly hit—three quarters of all HIV infections in the Russian Federation occur
among people under the age of 30.

In 2009, for every four patients enrolled on treatment, eleven were newly infected with HIV.

Sex education in the country remains a sensitive issue, and while over 92% of
schools in the country conducted HIV awareness sessions in 2009, knowledge about
HIV among young people remains low.

Th ese could include outreach to drug users, needle and syringe exchange programmes,
condom distribution, provision of substitution therapy, and HIV treatment and
rehabilitation programmes.

The growing role of sexual transmission in the country’s HIV epidemic, especially
among spouses and partners of drug users, calls for a greater emphasis on prevention
programmes for the general population.

A very serious obstacle is insuffi cient access to information on HIV, mainly due to cuts in
funding for HIV prevention activities aimed at populations at higher risk and the general
population. As a result, we are seeing an increase in the number of new HIV infections.

It is necessary to considerably increase financing for primary prevention, public
information and education on HIV.