hiv/aids in rusland

Affected populations

The regional epidemic is currently concentrated among injecting drug users (IDUs), sex workers and their sexual partners.

It has been predicted that Russia will experience the greatest number of AIDS-related deaths between 2009 and 2015, indicating the worst is yet to come.⁹⁶ It will be tragic if thousands more AIDS-related deaths are needed in order to prompt the countries of the region to effectively address their epidemics.

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