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Nature 437, 602 (29 September 2005) | doi:10.1038/437602b; Published online 28 September 2005

Europe tells Russia it faces HIV ruin

Quirin Schiermeier

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Government urged to act to prevent disaster.

Health experts from Europe and the United States have called on the Russian government to strengthen its fight against the country's dramatically worsening HIV and AIDS problem. The epidemic there is set to explode, posing a serious threat to the former superpower's social and economic welfare, and even its stability, they told a parliamentary hearing at the Russian State Duma on 23 September.