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HIV infections doubled in 10 years in Russia, former Soviet states


STOCKHOLM: (AFP) – HIV infections have doubled in ten years in Russia and former Soviet states, due mainly to unprotected sex and injecting drugs, a report said Thursday.More than 105,000 new infections were recorded in Russia and former Soviet countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2013, up from just under 50,000 in 2004, said the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization.The number of those who go on to develop AIDS has also tripled in the region, the report said, while the number of deaths from the disease continue to fall in …read more

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