February 2000 Cover
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In Russia, needle sharing among intravenous drug users is resulting in a soaring number of new HIV infections. World Health Organization AIDS expert
Arkadiusz Majszyk expects the increase to continue for a minimum of two to three years.
About 12,425 new cases were recorded last year, which is more than the total number recorded in preceding years. More than 4,000 of those infections
were reported in the Moscow region alone. Men account for 75 percent of the infections, with the highest rate among people between the ages of 18 and 25. According
to Majszyk, 90 percent of the new infections are among drug addicts, whose numbers total about 2.5 million in Russia.
Editor's Note: from The New York Times
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