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1. As HIV Epidemic Hits Russia, Crux Of Problem Is Jail.

Author

Schoofs, Mark

Subjects
*AIDS, *HIV infections, *PRISONERS' health, *NEEDLE sharing, *INTRAVENOUS drug abuse
Abstract

Discusses the growth of the AIDS epidemic in Russia. Fact that Russia has the world's fastest-growing rate of HIV infections; Prevalence of illicit drug use in Russia; How strict laws have filled the prisons with drug addicts, who spread HIV through shared needles and sexual contact; Concern that the infected prison and drug-using populations could lead to an epidemic within the general population; Description of prison conditions.

Published
2002

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