Medical-sanitary education of the adolescents – an opportunity to execute primary HIV-prevention

Abstract

HIV-infection spread is a current issue in the Russian Federation as well as in the Khabarovsk region. HIV/AIDS epidemic is still unstable: on the bright side ART treatment coverage rates rise and morbidity rates decline; however, the number of HIV-positive people is still high. Should be noted, that medical-sanitary education of youth should be pursued accurately regardless of the low percent of adolescents in the overall structure of new cases of HIV-infection. Specialists of the Far Eastern regional center on prevention and combat against AIDS of the FBIS “Khabarovsk research institute of epidemiology and microbiology” of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumers Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing in cooperation with public interest organizations use every available opportunity to implement and conduct state-of-the-art medical-sanitary education and awareness campaigns among youth.