Russia Facing AIDS Crisis

How soon will it be before we hear, "If only someone would have supplied them with condoms, they'd probably be free of this disease."?

Russia Said to Be on Edge of AIDS Crisis

Russia has 334,000 officially registered HIV- or AIDS-infected people. The UNAIDS agency puts the figure at nearly 900,000 and many others say the real number is likely well over a million, around 1 percent of the country's population.
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With hundreds gathering Monday for a major AIDS conference in Moscow, international health experts continue to warn that Russian officials have been too slow to react to a problem quickly moving beyond the traditional core of at-risk people _ drug users, gay men and prostitutes _ into the wider population.

Without dramatic policy decisions, experts warn, Russia will be overwhelmed.

The article states that more than 100 Russians become infected every day...May our Lady of Fatima watch over and comfort all those affected by this and guide all men and women to her Son, our Lord, so that they may accept His graces and learn to live a life of chastity.