Uzbeks, Moldovans and Ukrainians bring sores to Russia

The most common diseases among migrants arriving in the Moscow Region are tuberculosis and HIV infection.

“Out of 105527 medical examinations carried out in 2014, 0,2% were diagnosed with certain serious diseases. A total of 249 people. That's quite a lot. Moreover, 25% were diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases, and 30% had tuberculosis. There are more cases of tuberculosis among newcomers than among the indigenous population of the Moscow region. The largest number of carriers of the disease come from Uzbekistan, mainly tuberculosis, from Ukraine - mainly HIV infection, Moldova - sexually transmitted diseases,” said Nadezhda Rososhanskaya, deputy head of the Rospotrebnadzor department for the Moscow region.

She noted that so far there is no mechanism for solving this problem, and the authorities are counting on the integrity of the migrants themselves and their employers.