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News Briefs Russia Lacks AIDS FundsJuly 10, 2002 Russia's top AIDS expert warned on July 4 that serious under-financing of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs may lead to disaster. Current financing covers just 450 people, although there are already 2,000 AIDS patients in Russia, and there will be 200,000 in several years, said Vadim Pokrovsky, head of the federal AIDS center. Officially, there are 200,000 HIV patients in Russia. He said the Russian government had allocated only $190,000 to AIDS research, compared with $500 million by the United States. New York Times 07.05.02  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. |
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