Russian AIDS Advocates Work To Increase Funding For, Awareness Of HIV Prevention

Agence France-Presse: Russia activists struggle to raise HIV awareness as epidemic grows
“…Despite the efforts of activists like [Vadim Pokrovsky, head of Russia’s Federal AIDS Center], the total number of registered HIV cases in Russia exceeded one million in late 2015, with authorities struggling to contain an epidemic that experts say could be curbed by increased funding and more awareness campaigns…” (Panina, 5/28).

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