| is the world paying enough attention to the aids epidemic in ukraine and other newly independent states? | hiv infection rates in russia and ukraine have reached levels which confirm that the two countries are currently experiencing an hiv/aids epidemic. other countries of the former soviet union have seriously high infection rates. for example, in 1997, the un estimated that there were 100,000 new hiv infections in eastern europe. according to ukraine government hiv testing figures, from 1987 through 1994, only 398 of more than 39 million hiv tests yielded positive results. however, in 1995, 149 ... | 1998 | 12294112 |
| simultaneous introduction of hiv type 1 subtype a and b viruses into injecting drug users in southern ukraine at the beginning of the epidemic in the former soviet union. | the vast majority of hiv-1 strains from the epidemic in the former soviet union (fsu) belong to subtype a (idu-a) and crf03_ab (idu-a/b), for which idu-a is one of parental strains; no epidemic by another parental virus, belonging to subtype b (idu-b), has yet been identified. to characterize viruses present during the early stage of the epidemic in southern ukraine, where the first outbreaks in the fsu were registered, we obtained partial env and pol sequences from idus from odessa and nikolaev ... | 2002 | 12201913 |
| hiv and drug users in ukraine: building confidence to reduce hiv risk. | this article discusses the programs of nongovernmental organizations (ngos) towards the drug practices and sexual behaviors of hiv infected individuals and drug users in mykolaiv, ukraine. blagodiynist (charity foundation), one of the ngos operating in ukraine, has been helping drug users and sex workers. this group has collaborated with other group projects to produce better and effective interventions. as such, the needle-exchange project was organized, where drug users could not only exchan ... | 1999 | 12322332 |
| [the aids epidemic in the ukraine]. | according to laboratory statistics, 32 new cases of hiv infection were diagnosed in kiev, and 1986 cases were counted in odessa in the first 4 months of 1996. the central location of ukraine and permanent international population mobility are probable factors in the spread of hiv infection. several factors may have contributed to the eruption of the hiv epidemic in the city of nikolayev in 1995. the city was long closed to foreigners because of its military activity. after the fall of the so ... | 1996 | 12179245 |