By Judyth L. Twigg (eds.)
ISBN-10: 0230603394
ISBN-13: 9780230603394
ISBN-10: 1349532193
ISBN-13: 9781349532193
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Whatever the implications for the prevalence of HIV, such evidence implies that homosexuality may well have been quite widespread in the general population as well as in the military (Feshbach, 1988). MSM in the Soviet Union had learned to fear discrimination long before the arrival of HIV. This fear would have made them even less likely to go for HIV testing or, if they were to be tested, more likely to hide their true risk factor. Another illegal practice, commercial sex work, went long unrecognized in the Soviet Union.
But it is virtually helpless in advancing economic reforms that would create a promising investment climate on a national scale outside of the energy sector (and the state has even failed to attract serious investment in the energy sector, as evidenced in problems with stalling production in 2005). The state has not had the dexterity to use the oil price windfall of the past six years to spark growth and innovation for small and medium enterprises, or for modern industrial sectors where Russia’s enormous human capital of highly educated scientists and engineers could make the country a global competitor.
1989). Despite the fact that criminal responsibility for medical personnel who violated rules of sterilization was established in 1988, the consequences for improperly sterilizing equipment were minimal (“AIDS in the USSR,” 1990). In the first four months of 1990, 83 instances of improperly sterilized medical equipment were reported in the Volgograd region. Each time, the responsible party’s punishment was limited to a fine of ten rubles, even though that person could have infected several patients with HIV and other deadly diseases (Petersen, 1990, p.
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