1 Million Russians Are HIV-Positive, but Only a Third Get Treatment

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Russia

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William Brangham
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Jason Kane
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Tools are now available to prevent and treat HIV infections, but Russia, Nigeria and the U.S. state...

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PBS NewsHour correspondent William Brangham (l) and Science magazine's Jon Cohen (seated) jointly interview UN Envoy Michel Kazatchkine for TV and print stories about HIV/AIDS in Russia. Image by Misha Friedman. Russia, 2017.

Russia's HIV epidemic is growing by 10 percent per year, and yet many proven HIV prevention and treatment strategies aren't being used. William Brangham and Jason Kane report in collaboration with Jon Cohen of Science Magazine and the Pulitzer Center in our ongoing series "The End of AIDS: Far From Over."