Posted on 11/30/2012 2:37:05 PM PST by Morgana
The number of HIV cases in Russia was 12% higher in the first six months of 2012 than in the same period last year, government health experts say.
Official data shows that in the first 10 months, 703,781 Russians had the virus, of whom 90,396 died.
In nearly 60% of new cases, drug injection using dirty needles was the cause of infection.
Meanwhile, worldwide, the number of new infections in adults has stayed broadly stable for the past four years.
The executive director of the UN's HIV/Aids agency, Michel Sidibe, told BBC News last week that Russia was among a number of countries still failing to use the right strategies in tackling the virus.
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While channel flipping last night, I noticed Dr Drew was promoting an hour show (his) to children with AID. He said back when he first started practicing, if someone presented with some pneumonia like symptoms (don’t recall the name), it was a six month death sentence but now, people can live decades with the HIV virus. I think this show is tonight. Now that I’ve seen all these articles here on FR, it certainly looks like a coordinated effort, but to what end or purpose?
Why did you bother posting this trash????????? That’s the real question!
If they just released their findings what does it mean that the numbers are up by about 10%? Why the sudden jump? What changed to make the virus spread?
Behavior, no doubt. The numbers of homosexuals getting HIV/AIDS is still exceedingly high given the amount of warnings they receive.
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