Dynamics of primary disability due to HIV-related illness among the adult population of the Russian Federation and the Orenburg region
There have been presented features of HIV infection spread among the population of the Russian Federation and the Orenburg region, as well as countermeasures against the epidemic taken in Russia and the region. There have been given the results of the analysis of primary disability due to HIV-related illness, which showed a constant increase in absolute indicators and a level in all age groups of the adult population of the Russian Federation in dynamics over 2005 - 2019. The vast majority of people with disabilities due to HIV-related illness was comprised by young people, but their share decreased over the period of research, while the share of middle-aged people with disabilities increased. The proportion of people with disabilities of retirement age remained low. The negative dynamics of primary disability indicators of the adult population due to HIV-related illness indicates the insufficiency of measures to combat HIV/AIDS, the urgency of this problem and the need to find ways for solving it.