well our correspondent mara gassier has been speaking with former victims of isis his report as here on our take on thursday. the battle to combat h.i.v. has seen progress worldwide but that's not the case in eastern europe and central asia including russia infection rates a soaring and education about the virus has been virtually nonexistent until now and making matters worse is the emergence of people who deny the disease even exists with more his. hiv epidemic is sweeping across russia for you health experts more than a million russians are in fact it. almost one in a hundred people in russia are de i ignore state hiv positive. despite a year of increased efforts to tackle the spread of the virus the country is on course to see annual infections pass one hundred thousand again which accounts for almost two thirds of all infections in europe and central asia. world aids day saw quite a few depressing headlines in russian like russia's losing the war on a child. in most countries around the world the number of new cases of hiv is going down the sad truth is here it's gone up i went