The World AIDS Day did record a global decline with the rate of HIV and Aids, but that does not do much for Russia. Russia’s Federal AIDS Center has estimated that the country could see around 1 million people diagnosed with HIV and Aids by 2016. This is a shocking and very depressing statistic to be completely honest. Russia is going the opposite way of what they want to decrease the people diagnosed with HIV and Aids.
THE REASON WHY HIV AND AIDS ARE UP IN RUSSIA
The Russian government has announced refusal in any sort of harm reduction programs stating that they do not want people to continue their dangerous lifestyle if they had them. This would include distribution of clean needles and clean condoms. However, this has no chance of happening according to the Russian government. The Global Fund project manager for Eastern Europe and Asia reported that Russia was no longer funding any outreach organizations. The Global Fund then stated that only 4,300 people are receiving anti-retroviral drugs, which was over 55,000 less than the amount that were getting treated in 2009. The Health Ministry also stated that around 30 percent of all people in Russia who have HIV or Aids do not have access to anti-retroviral drugs. Unfortunately, things do not look good for Russia right now as the amount of people without access to these drugs is increasing.
Some sympathy must be given to Russia, but the government has turned down a few solutions that would most likely help them decrease HIV and Aids in Russia. The government of Russia seems like they are not going to accept any solution, which might end up being their problem. Government officials have also stated that they turned down the idea of implementing sexual education programs in Russian schools. They stated that this would just give the kids the idea of performing sexual activities. As can be seen, it appears like Russia is not willing to take a chance with some of these solutions.
