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Miami Herald Examines Growing HIV/AIDS Prevalence Among Russian Children

From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

June 17, 2004

The Miami Herald on Wednesday examined the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Russia, where increased HIV prevalence among teenage girls and young women is leading to "horrifying spikes" in the number of Russian infants who are born HIV-positive. According to the government's AIDS center, 6,000 Russian infants were born HIV-positive in 2003, compared with only 60 in 1997. The disease already has "taken hold" among Russian prisoners, sex workers and injection drug users, according to the Herald. The "virtually unchecked" Russian HIV/AIDS epidemic is "turning the old Soviet Union into the new Southern Africa," the Herald reports (McDonald, Miami Herald, 6/16). The complete article is available online.

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Reprinted with permission from kaisernetwork.org. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at www.kaisernetwork.org/dailyreports/hiv. The Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report is published for kaisernetwork.org, a free service of the Kaiser Family Foundation, by The Advisory Board Company. © 2004 by The Advisory Board Company and Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.

This article was provided by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. It is a part of the publication Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report. Visit the Kaiser Family Foundation's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.

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