Introduction -- Civil society, NGOs and the Russian state -- Civil society and the global governance of HIV/AIDS -- Russia's HIV/AIDS epidemic and government response -- HIV/AIDS and Russian society -- The organisational landscape of HIV/AIDS NGOs in Russia -- Building bridges, creating trust: HIV/AIDS NGOs in Tomsk -- Improving policy and practice: NGOs in St. Petersburg -- Advocacy based on evidence: HIV/AIDS NGOs in Kaliningrad -- In the centre of Russian HIV/AIDS politics: NGOs in Moscow -- Conclusion
Summary
This book studies the role of civil society organisations in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Russia. It looks at how Russia's HIV/AIDS epidemic has developed into a serious social, economic and political problem, and how according to the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Russia is currently facing the biggest HIV/AIDS epidemic in all of Europe with an estimated number of 980,000 people living with HIV in 2009. The book investigates civil society organisations' contribution to social change and civil society development in post-Soviet Russia, and thus situates a specific type of c