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Description UNICEF CEE/CIS
Moscow, 14 November 2005 – Every day more than 100 new HIV infections are registered in the Russian Federation, with children and young people affected as never before.
“The epidemic in Russia has a young face and is fuelled by stigma and discrimination,” said Maria Calivis, UNICEF Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States, “Children are at the very epi-centre of the epidemic, but not at the centre of the response.”
Over 21,000 babies have been born to HIV positive mothers – accounting for more than 6 per cent of all those living with HIV, and 2,000 have been abandoned in hospitals or orphanages.
According to UNICEF, 80% of all those with HIV in Russia are under 30 years of age, and over 70,000 people under the age of 19 are living with HIV.
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