Russia is facing a worsening HIV epidemic, with new figures placing the country alongside Guyana, Guinea and Nigeria in terms of infection rates. Vadim Pokrovsky, head of Russia’s Federal Scientific ...
The number of HIV and hepatitis cases among Russian soldiers is on the rise, as Moscow appears to be deliberately recruiting those sick — even encouraging their enlistment. According to the report ...
Mikhail Murashko noted that Russia continues to annually reduce new HIV infections and maintain its leading position globally in terms of HIV testing coverage MOSCOW, November 25. /TASS/. The ...
Dmitry Kireyev noted that the rate of HIV-positive people was different across Russian regions, depending on the number of intravenous drug users KAMPALA, April 18. /TASS/. Russia has a rate of 800 ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's AIDS epidemic is at a dangerous tipping point after the number of people registered HIV-positive passed the 1 million mark, the country's top AIDS specialist said on ...
MOSCOW -- Russia, Ukraine and the Baltic nation of Estonia have some of the world's fastest HIV growth rates, the United Nations Development Program declared in a report released Tuesday. The world ...
MOSCOW, Dec 21 (Reuters) - In 2010, President Dmitry Medvedev said heroin was a threat to Russia's national security. This year, Russia pledged to finance programmes to reduce the harm done by drug ...