Why we must provide treatment information

Roman Dudnik

Russia

We have rapidly increased access to treatment in Russia. But we don’t have enough patients because they don’t know they are infected…or they are afraid of side effects, or they are afraid to come back to clinic because they have a bad relationship with the doctor.

It was good that the government bought a lot of drugs, but they didn’t think about the information. Our role is to provide this information. We are developing materials to inform people that treatment is available and motivate them to get tested.

This web presentation is based on a book with photographs by Wolfgang Tillmans. It follows a global meeting held in Cape Town in 2006 organised by the Treatment Action Campaign, South Africa and i-Base, England.