Speciality of HIV-denialism in Chelyabinsk region and affeection on public health

This article сconsiders the problem of increasing the number of HIV infected and reveals the current situation with HIV in Chelyabinsk region. There is a particular focus on «HIV-dissidence» phenomenon which is denial of HIV existence the authors carried out research regarding people’s awareness about «HIV-dissidence» and used it as a basis for the article.