Russia & HIV/AIDS
- Censorship of Public Health Websites by Russian Drug Agency an "Assault" on HIV Prevention (February 10, 2012)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Russia Will Not Use HIV Spending to Fund Needle Exchange, Methadone Therapy, Reuters Reports (December 22, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- HIV Infections in Russia Rise 10 Percent in 2011 (December 9, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russia Pledges Money to Support HIV, TB Programs in Neighboring Countries (October 18, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Russian Foreign Minister Says Country's HIV/AIDS Problem Is Being "Aggravated" by U.S., NATO Refusal to Eradicate Poppy Crops in Afghanistan (October 11, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Russian AIDS Project (May 11, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Russia Makes Little Progress Against Drugs: Medvedev (April 20, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- U.N. Official Calls for Russian Government to Improve Its Human Rights Record (February 22, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- HIV/AIDS Advocacy Groups Ask U.N. Human Rights Chief to Support Harm-Reduction in Russia (February 14, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Activists Push for Heroin Help in UN Russia Visit (February 11, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Reuters Examines How Russia's "Drug Problem" Has "Become an AIDS Problem" (January 27, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Chechnya Says Couples Must Be HIV-Negative to Marry (January 21, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Muslim Clerics in Chechnya Order All Engaged Couples to Test for HIV Before Marrying (January 19, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- New York Times Examines Russia's "Inadequate Fight" Against HIV/AIDS (January 18, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Moscow Times Examines How Drug Shortages in Russia Are Leading Doctors to Prescribe Replacement HIV/AIDS Meds to Patients (November 17, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Ria Novosti Examines Reactions to Russian Government's Strategy to Reduce HIV/AIDS (September 28, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Nine Out of 10 Russian Prisoners Are Sick, Prosecutors Say (August 12, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- To Reverse HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Russia, Country Must Move From Stigma, Discrimination to Protect the Most Vulnerable (August 3, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Russia Runs Risk of Exacerbating Country's HIV/AIDS Epidemic (July 30, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- UNAIDS Speaks With Outlook's "A Day in the Life" Evgeny Pisemsky (July 23, 2010)
From UNAIDS
- HIV Rising Fastest in Eastern Europe; Central Asia: UNICEF (July 22, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Antiretroviral Prophylaxis to Prevent Perinatal HIV Transmission in St. Petersburg, Russia: Too Little, Too Late (July 13, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Science Special Section Examines HIV/AIDS in Russia, Ukraine (July 9, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Number of HIV Cases in Russia Close to 550,000 (June 22, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- "AIDS, Cancer and Public Health" International Conference to Open in St. Petersburg, Russia (May 24, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Media Examines Alcohol, Drug Use in Russia, HIV Spread (December 9, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Russia Marks World AIDS Day: Over 516,000 HIV-Infected Registered (December 4, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Global Fund Extension of HIV Prevention Programs for People at High Risk for HIV in Russia Will Save Thousands of Young Lives (November 13, 2009)
International AIDS Society and International Harm Reduction Association call on Russian government to simultaneously expand access to HIV prevention programs for people who inject drugs.
From International AIDS Society
- Regional HIV/AIDS Conference Opens in Russia (October 29, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Russia Rejects Methadone to Stem HIV Epidemic (October 28, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Researchers, Public Health Experts Urge Russia to Expand HIV Prevention Programmes for People Who Inject Drugs as Regional AIDS Conference Opens in Moscow (October 28, 2009)
Evidence-based programmes in Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan and Russian scale-up of HIV treatment highlight potential for action.
From International AIDS Society
- HIV/AIDS in Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia (February 20, 2009)
From Avert
- Russia Recorded More Than 50,000 New HIV Cases in 2008, Health Official Says (February 19, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Moscow Mayor Announces Ban on Gay Pride Parades Will Continue, Says Events Contribute to Spread of HIV (December 8, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Injection Drug Use Accounts for Two-Thirds of HIV Cases in Russia, Agency Says (November 26, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Opinion Piece Examines Public Health Issues in Russia, Including HIV/AIDS, TB (October 7, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Russia: Numbers of HIV-Infected Women Increasing in Russia (June 12, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russia Should Increase HIV Prevention Efforts Targeted at IDUs, UNAIDS Executive Director Piot Says (May 6, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Russia: AIDS Treatment Hard to Get Behind Bars (January 24, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russian Federation: Epidemiological Country Profile on HIV and AIDS (PDF) (2008)
From UNAIDS and World Health Organization
- Epidemiological Fact Sheets on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (Russia) (PDF) (2008)
From UNAIDS, UNICEF and World Health Organization
- UNAIDS' HIV/AIDS Estimates for Russia "Exaggerated," Country's Top Health Official Says (November 28, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Global Business Coalition President Says Russia Is Losing Battle Against HIV Because of Government Inaction, Lack of Awareness (October 26, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- About 110 People Get Infected With HIV in Russia Daily (August 15, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HIV Frontlines: An Interview With Ben Young, M.D., Ph.D. (July 12, 2007)
In our inaugural HIV Frontlines interview (available as an MP3 podcast and a transcript), Benjamin Young, M.D., recounts the trials and tribulations of attempting to improve HIV care in a city where incidence is rapidly increasing, tuberculosis is endemic and the health care system is struggling to keep pace; Dr. Young also discusses the impact of his work abroad on his HIV practice in the United States.
From The Body PRO
- HIV/AIDS Affecting Mining Industry Worldwide, Reuters Reports (July 12, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Number of HIV/AIDS Cases in Russia's North Caucasus Increasing, Agence France-Presse Reports (June 19, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Russia Warns of AIDS Epidemic, 1.3 Million With HIV (May 16, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Number of HIV-Positive People in Russia Receiving Access to Antiretrovirals Increasing, Health Official Says (May 8, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Russia Launches Five-Year, $2.9 Billion Plan to Combat Diseases, Including HIV/AIDS (February 26, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Russia to Allocate $40 Million to $50 Million for HIV Vaccine Research Center, Health Official Says (February 8, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Russia: AIDS Spending Will Jump to $289 Million (November 16, 2006)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- GlaxoSmithKline to Supply Antiretroviral Drugs to Russia at Discounted Price (September 15, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- More Than 80% of HIV-Positive People in Russia Are Under Age 30, UNAIDS Official Says (March 31, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Russian Federation: Summary Country Profile for HIV/AIDS Treatment Scale-Up (PDF) (December 2005)
From World Health Organization
- Russia Pledges $107 Million in 2006 to Increase Efforts to Fight HIV/AIDS (November 30, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Russian President Putin Calls HIV/AIDS "Serious Problem" in Country, Pledges $105 Million to Fight Disease (September 28, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Patterns in Sex Work, Drug Use and STDs in Russia Reported (August 18, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russia: Report Details Deep HIV Discrimination Against HIV-Positive Women, Children (July 18, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Moscow: HIV Rates Far Higher Among Sex Workers, Street Children (July 5, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Experts Discuss Five Countries With 43% of World's Population That Could Become "Second Wave" of HIV/AIDS Pandemic (June 13, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Positively Abandoned: Stigma and Discrimination Against HIV-Positive Mothers and Their Children in Russia (June 2005)
[Archived Article]
From Human Rights Watch
- Russia Scientists to Test Anti-AIDS Vaccine in Volunteers (May 25, 2005)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russia Officially Registered More Than 305,000 HIV Cases Since 1987; UNAIDS Estimates 860,000 Cases (February 9, 2005)
[Archived Article]
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- New Generation of Russians Ravaged by HIV Epidemic (June 21, 2004)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Washington Post Examines HIV/AIDS "Explosion" in Russia, Lack of Action to Address Issue (June 14, 2004)
[Archived Article]
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Russian AIDS Conference Organizers "Express Concern" Over Ability of Local NGO Consortium to Administer Global Fund Grant (June 9, 2004)
[Archived Article]
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Russian Poll Reveals Severe Lack of Public Knowledge About HIV (May 17, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Rights Watchdog Says Harsh Drug Policies Fueling AIDS in Russia (April 28, 2004)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russian AIDS Workers Wage Battle on Edge of Epidemic (April 21, 2004)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- USA Today Examines Government, Grassroots Efforts to Fight HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Russia (April 20, 2004)
[Archived Article]
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Russia: Sexual HIV Transmission Sharply Up as IDU Transmission Drops (April 14, 2004)
[Archived Article]
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Lessons Not Learned: Human Rights Abuses and HIV/AIDS in the Russian Federation (April 2004)
[Archived Article]
From Human Rights Watch
- Doctors Fear Untreatable Russia Tuberculosis Boom (January 27, 2004)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russia: HIV Patient Services Lacking, Discrimination Rampant (January 15, 2004)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Eastern Exposure: AIDS Advocacy in Russia (December 2003)
[Archived Article]
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Russia Reports Rise in HIV Cases (September 11, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Young Russians Comprise 80 Percent of HIV Infections (August 6, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russia: Prison Overcrowding Spreads HIV, Tuberculosis (July 24, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Number of New HIV Cases in Rural Russian Province Increases, Similar to Country's Urban Areas (July 21, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- 22,000 HIV Cases Registered in Moscow (June 18, 2003)
[Archived Article]
Drug addicts still account for most HIV cases, but transmission via heterosexual sex is on the rise.
In Pravda
- Rapid HIV Spread Threatens to Destabilize Russia, Analysts Say (June 12, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Rise of HIV in Russia Is Quickening, Official Says (May 22, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russia: 10 Percent of Population May Have HIV by 2010 (May 16, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russia Creates HIV Coordinating Council (April 22, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Up to 1.5 Million Russians Have HIV, Government Says (April 21, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HIV on Russia's List of Diseases Considered "National Threat" (April 14, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russia Accepts World Bank Loan to Combat AIDS, Tuberculosis (April 8, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Tuberculosis Cases Double in Russia Over Past 10 Years (March 26, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russia: A Call for More Money to Fight AIDS (March 19, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Expert Warns of Tuberculosis "Time Bomb" in Russia (March 12, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russia: $2.5 Million Pilot Program Set Up in AIDS Fight (December 10, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Official: Russia's AIDS Problem Exploding Despite Dip in Official Data (December 4, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russia's AIDS Prognosis Gloomy -- Experts (October 15, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Intelligence Study Raises Estimate of AIDS Spread (October 1, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russia's Sexual Counter-Revolution (August 8, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Little Help in Russia for AIDS Sufferers; Fear, Ignorance Lead to Limited Patient Care (July 31, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russia on the Brink of AIDS Explosion (July 30, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russia: Tver Puts a Dent in HIV (April 5, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russia to Be Hit With AIDS (March 19, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russian Minister: Drug Addiction More Widespread Than Previously Thought (March 19, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russia and the Former Soviet Union (1998)
[Archived Article]
In The Encyclopedia of AIDS
- Forced Testing in Russia (August 1996)
[Archived Article]
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
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