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Russia Experiencing Exponential Growth in HIV/AIDS Cases.
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Russia Experiencing Exponential Growth in HIV/AIDS Cases The Russian Federation, along with the Baltic States and the Ukraine, are witnessing an epidemic forming right under their noses. The first official HIV case in the USSR was recorded in the end of 1986 from a Russian who contracted the virus in Africa. Up until the mid-1990's, most of the Russian Federation has been spared the worst of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. By 1996, the estimated number of people infected with HIV rose close to 10,000 cases. Today, it is estimated that between 1 million - 1.5 million people are living with HIV in Russia and approximately 80% of them are under the age of 30. This epidemic is growing at a terrifying rate. At the beginning of the year 2000, 20 out of 100,000 Russians were infected with HIV, and by November 2003, the number skyrocketed to 180 per 100,000 Russians. Although,...
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