SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF MEN AND WOMEN RECEIVING MEDICAL SERVICES FOR HIV INFECTION IN 7 COUNTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA


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Objective. To investigate male and female sociodemographic characteristics and their impact on access to medical services for HIV infection in 7 countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA). Subjects and methods. The multicenter cross-sectional study with a retrospective model covered 12,500patients over 18 years of age in 7 EECA countries. The total study period was from 2014 to 2018. Results. In the population of people living with HIV, EECA showed a preponderance of males who experienced intravenous drug use. Females were more often infected sexually and were diagnosed at a younger age and in the early stages of the disease; in them the virus could be more frequently suppressed during treatment. The lower male adherence to follow-up and treatment is probably due to the prevalence of drug dependence and to their more active participation in the migration processes characteristic of the region. Most of the study participants were employed (63%), married (62%), and had dependent minor children (52%). Conclusion. In general, the people living with HIV represent an economically and socially active part of the population and participate in demographic processes. To maintain and improve their quality of life is one of the priorities of healthcare.

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Anastasia V. POKROVSKAYA

Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being

Email: pokrovskaya_av@mail.ru
Cand. Med. Sci., Senior Researcher Moscow, Russia

Ekaterina A. KHARLAMOVA

ANPO «Center for Advanced Technologies in Health Care»

Email: info@h-center.org
Supervisor of Research Programs Moscow, Russia

Agigat A. KADYROVA

Research Institute of Lung Diseases, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Email: dr.kadyrovah@mail.ru
Prof., MD, Director Baku, Azerbaijan

Esmira A. ALMAMEDOVA

Center for AIDS Control, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Email: esmira.almamedova@gmail.com
MD, Director Baku, Azerbaijan

Samvel R. GRIGORYAN

Republican Center for AIDS Prevention, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia

Email: armaids@armaids.am
Prof., MD, Director, Scientific Adviser of the Curriculum «HIV Infection», National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia Yerevan, Armenia

Arshak S. PAPOYAN

Republican Center for AIDS Prevention, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia

Email: arshak@armaids.am
MD, Head, Department of Epidemiological Surveillance Yerevan, Armenia

Tamara N. SVETOGOR

Republican Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology, and Public Health

Email: belaids@mail.ru
Head, Department for Prevention of HIV Infection and Parenteral Viral Hepatitis Minsk, Republic of Belarus

Svetlana V. SERGEENKO

Republican Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology, and Public Health

Email: svetlana-s.v@mail.ru
Epidemiologist, Department for Prevention of HIV Infection and Parenteral Viral Hepatitis Minsk, Republic of Belarus

Aibek A. BEKBOLOTOV

Republican AIDS Center, Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic

Email: aibek_0001@mail.ru
Deputy Director Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Rano A. RAKHIMOVA

Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Republic of Tajikistan

Email: r.anisa@mail.ru
Head, Division of International Cooperation, Department of Reform, Primary Health Care, and International Relations Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Numondzhon A. ABDUKHAMEDOV

Republican Center for AIDS Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Republic of Tajikistan

Email: numon.art@mail.ru
Epidemiologist, Department of Monitoring and Evaluation Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Dildora A. MUSTAFAEVA

Tashkent Institute for Postgraduate Training of Physicians

Email: mustafaeva_1969@list.ru
Cand. Med. Sci., Lecturer of the Course «Problems of HIV infection», Department of Epidemiology Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan

Vadim V. POKROVSKY

Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being

Email: pokrovsky.vad@yandex.ru
Prof., Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MD, Head, HIV Department Moscow, Russia

Vasily G. AKIMKIN

Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being

Email: vgakimkin@yandex.ru
Prof., Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MD, Director Moscow, Russia

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