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Russia loses 30,000 working-age citizens annually to HIV, with 1.7 million total infections and nearly 500,000 deaths to date.

The epidemic strains the economy as treatment costs reach $670 million annually, compounded by shortages of antiretroviral drugs and gaps in early testing.

Heterosexual transmission now dominates, though marginalized groups like drug users, sex workers, and gay men remain disproportionately affected.

Reduced funding for HIV testing and inconsistent treatment availability hinder efforts to curb the epidemic, posing critical public health and economic challenges for Russia.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (6 children)

The US has double the population as well...

[–] fibojoly 12 points 3 days ago (5 children)

And third world health care, mostly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

What? The healthcare is good the healthcare system is bad

[–] fibojoly 4 points 3 days ago

You have an embarassed billionaire healthcare.
"It's the best in the world! I just don't have access to it right now. But once I do, you'll see!" they say, trying to decide between bleeding to death and the ambulance.

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