HIV/AIDS in Russia

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According to the international AIDS charity AVERT, Russia has the largest HIV epidemic in Europe, and also accounts for approximately two-thirds of the cases in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. According to research by UNAIDS (The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS) in a report published in 2006 on the global AIDS epidemic there were an estimated 940,000 people living with HIV at the end of 2005 in Russia - up from 760,000 in 2003 ^[1]^[2].

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^ Kirby, Mark. HIV and AIDS in Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. www.AVERT.org. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
^ Report on the global AIDS epidemic 2006. HIV Data (Report on the global AIDS epidemic). www.unaids.org (2006). Retrieved on 2007-09-08.

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