1.0Red Lettershttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/redlettersTom Davishttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/redletters/author/tdavisRussia and AIDS - Red Lettersrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="DFn1vSfGIG"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/redletters/2007/11/russia-and-aids.html">Russia and AIDS</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/redletters/2007/11/russia-and-aids.html/embed#?secret=DFn1vSfGIG" width="600" height="338" title="“Russia and AIDS” — Red Letters" data-secret="DFn1vSfGIG" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Russia is gaining in economic prosperity, but they are losing control of AIDS epidemic. This is a country that cannot afford to loose people since their birth rate is among the lowest in the world. To give you an idea, the death rate is higher than the birth rate. Overall, in 2005 during the first…