HIV-positive Russian women and their children face discrimination

Friday October 23, 2009

Keywords: Eastern Europe, Russia, English, health, youth, gender, media content, print

HIV-positive Russian women and their children face widespread discrimination and abuse, according to a new Human Rights Watch report. Children born to HIV-positive women are often segregated in Russia for no medical reason, the rights group says. (BBC News, 15 July 2005)

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