Abstract
To better understand the HIV dynamic in Ukraine in order to adapt HIV control efforts accordingly. The number of newly diagnosed HIV infections in Ukraine ranks second in the WHO European Region after the Russian Federation according to the end-year report 2006 of the European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS (EuroHIV). According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Health the cumulative number of reported HIV infections by the end of 2008 amounts to more than 140.000 cases. However, because of many unreported cases the actual figures are supposed the official reports considerably. Methods
Highlights
To better understand the HIV dynamic in Ukraine in order to adapt HIV control efforts
The number of officially registered HIV-infections increased from 7,000 in 2001 to 18,963 in 2008. 7,009 new infections were due to IDU, 7,880 to heterosexual contact and 3,635 to vertical transmissions from HIV infected mothers to their children, Table 1
Doi:10.1186/1742-4690-7-S1-P1 Cite this article as: Burruano: HIV/AIDS infection in Ukraine: a review of epidemiological data
Summary
To better understand the HIV dynamic in Ukraine in order to adapt HIV control efforts . The number of newly diagnosed HIV infections in Ukraine ranks second in the WHO European Region after the Russian Federation according to the end-year report 2006 of the European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS (EuroHIV). According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Health the cumulative number of reported HIV infections by the end of 2008 amounts to more than 140.000 cases. Because of many unreported cases the actual figures are supposed the official reports considerably
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