MOSCOW Russia’sitting anti-AIDS coordinator says the number of registered HIV cases is growing 10 percent a year despite increased government funding.

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Vadim Pokrovsky says Russia must spend the funds more wisely by focusing upon prevention as well because treatment in order to slow the make public of HIV.

He says he fears the global housekeeping crisis could threaten future funding.

Pokrovsky says Russia has registered a total of 471,000 people considered in the state of HIV-infected, including greater degree than 50,000 who have died of AIDS-related causes. He told reporters Friday that the actual calculate of people with HIV was likely higher than 1 million.

The government says it budgeted 10.7 billion rubles ($445 million) with respect to the cause last year - at least 50 times more than in 2005.

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