Characteristics of the epidemic situation and the assessment of the availability of different types of medical care for HIV-infected patients in the South of Russia for the period of 2016-2017

Abstract

The article presents the results of the monitoring of measures carried out to counteract the HIV-infection epidemic in the South of Russia. The prevalence of HIV-infection among the population in the South of Russia has a significant territorial unevenness. It has been shown that the employable young people of reproductive age are most actively involved in the epidemic process of HIV-infection both in the South Federal District and in the North Caucasian Federal District: the share of persons aged 20-44 accounted for 81.7% and 73.3% of the infected patients. The leading factors of the epidemiological risk of infection were unprotected heterosexual contacts with HIV-infected sexual partners and intravenous drug use. Taking into account the regional factor in the conditions of constantly changing epidemiological situation, the most significant factors limiting the availability of medical care, making it difficult to timely identify and treat the patients, preventing the reduction of the HIVinfection epidemic process activity, were analyzed.