Uzbekistan Weekly Roundup
Copyright show: No The U.S. plans to expand security cooperation with Central Asia, U.S. diplomats say, according to The Bug Pit blog last week. That means they will increase the capacity of the...
View ArticleTurkmenistan: Ashgabat in HIV Denial
Copyright show: No Turkmenistan is courting a public health calamity because officials are systematically denying an HIV infection problem, experts say.Foreign and local HIV experts and medical...
View ArticleTajikistan: On Afghanistan’s Heroin Highway, Corruption Fuels Addiction and HIV
Copyright show: No Ask Sikandar why he switched from opium to heroin and his answer is concise: It was easier to get. read more
View ArticleKyrgyzstan's Abandoned AIDS Patients
Copyright show: No This summer, Vitaly Korolkov, 38, was homeless, HIV-positive, and a recovering heroin addict. He began methadone treatment the last time he got out of prison, three years ago,...
View ArticleKazakhstan: Shymkent’s HIV Scandal, Six Years Later
Copyright show: No Seven-year-old Azamat is playing with his siblings at home in a village in southern Kazakhstan, tumbling around on the sofa and giggling. His parents would have found it hard to...
View ArticleUzbekistan: Is Tashkent Cooking Its HIV/AIDS Statistics?
Copyright show: No Uzbekistan is facing a public health time bomb, experts are warning. Authorities contend they are making gains in the battle to contain the spread of HIV/AIDS, but independent...
View ArticleUzbek Girl Grows Up In The Shadow Of HIV
Copyright show: Hide copyrights Ten-year-old Saida dreams of becoming a doctor, so she can help cure all the sick children in Andijon, her hometown in eastern Uzbekistan. But her mother isn't making...
View ArticleArmenia: HIV/AIDS Patients Struggle with Rampant Discrimination
Copyright show: No If you are an HIV/AIDS patient looking to visit a dentist, attend school or have your hair cut in the South Caucasus country of Armenia, you might well find that your options are...
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