Russia’s HIV patients are losing access to routine medical tests

Russia’s HIV patients are losing access to routine medical tests

HIV patients in at least 16 Russian regions are being denied routine tests for viral load and immune status, tests prescribed every six months under national medical guidelines, reports the newspaper Vedomosti. The “Patient Control” advocacy group has documented 40 such complaints since the start of 2025, affecting regions including Samara, Tyumen, Kaluga, Orenburg, Rostov, Leningrad, and Amur, as well as Dagestan, Udmurtia, and Bashkortostan.