{"id":410837,"date":"2026-04-21T23:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/410837\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T23:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:49:10","slug":"one-in-three-russians-should-be-tested-for-hiv-every-year-urges-health-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/410837\/","title":{"rendered":"One-in-three Russians should be tested for HIV every year, urges health minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Telegraph news story<\/p>\n<p>A third of Russia\u2019s population should be tested for HIV every year, its health minister has urged, in a sign an epidemic downplayed by the Kremlin is spiralling.<\/p>\n<p>Mikhail Murashko said screening was essential to curb the transmission of the virus, which has exploded among Russian troops and the broader population since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>While Russia has long had high rates of HIV, it now has the highest prevalence in Europe, with 890 cases per 100,000 people, according to World Health Organization data. The rate is comparable to that of Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 1.1 million Russians, or nearly one per cent of the population, are now living with the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Experts warn the true figure may be much higher, given how many cases go undetected and unreported.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full news story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/global-health\/terror-and-security\/one-in-three-russians-should-have-hiv-test-every-year-urges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Telegraph news story A third of Russia\u2019s population should be tested for HIV every year, its health&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[103,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-410837","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}