Russia’s campaign against the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic relies too heavily on treating sufferers and lacks effective preventive measures to stop the spread, experts said on October 29 at an international AIDS conference held in Moscow. Out of the million people thought to be living with HIV here in Russia, it is estimated that two thirds were infected through drug use. And although needle sharing continues to be the largest contributor to HIV’s growing presence in Russia, the government has proven unwilling to adopt measures to prevent it further spreading within the drug-injecting community by financing needle exchange programs and drug substitution therapy.
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