>Russia continues to impress with its achievements and growth, reporting 33,000 deaths from HIV/AIDS in 2024, according to the Russian Federal Health Agency Rospotrebnadzor. Over the past five years, the death toll has increased significantly—from 20,000 HIV/AIDS-related deaths reported in 2018. For perspective, Germany reported fewer than 500 such deaths in 2021, and globally, HIV/AIDS mortality fell by 40% between 2010 and 2021.
>According to Rospotrebnadzor, the number of people living with HIV in Russia increased by 27% between 2017 and 2023, while globally the number of HIV infections declined by 22% from 2010 to 2021.
>The data becomes even more alarming when broken down by demographic groups. 4% of Russian men aged 30 to 40 are HIV-positive. In 2022, there were 25 regions in Russia where more than 1% of pregnant women were HIV-positive. Among the population aged 15 to 49, 1.5% are infected with HIV—higher than in African countries: 0.9% in Ethiopia, 0.7% in Congo, 1.1% in Chad and Liberia, and 1.3% in Nigeria. In Germany, for example, just 0.1% of people aged 15–49 are HIV-positive.