The evaluation of epidemiological control of HIV-infection in the Republic of Tajikistan

Abstract

Nowadays, in the Republic of Tajikistan the main technique of detecting HIV-infection is a testing for presence of antibodies to HIV-infection with obligatory before and after testing counseling of patients with primarily detected HIV-infection. Purpose of study. To evaluate epidemiological control of HIV-infection in the Republic of Tajikistan on the basis of data of serum epidemiological screening. The information is receivedfrom monthly reports of the Republican center of prevention and struggle with AIDS presented in the form N 4 "Information of results of blood analysis on antibodies to HIV-infection" in 2008-2014. The statistical processing of data was implemented using techniques of variation statistics. The differences were considered as significant at p<0.05. During last years, in the Republic of Tajikistan increasing of coverage of population by voluntary counseling and testing related to presence of HIV-infection was marked. In 2008 148 255 individuals (2% of all population) were examined. In 2014 this number increased in 3.3 times and reached 482 492 individuals (5.7%). In 2014, among examined 482 492 individuals 1008 (0.2% of their total number) with HIV-infection were revealed. The examination was applied to 14 groups of population and about a half of them were pregnant women (233 810 individuals, 48.5%). In 2014, in the Republic of Tajikistan increasing of number of individuals of risk group of contamination with HIV-infection was marked: injection drugs users up to 6.2 times (13 082 individuals) and individuals with CWS up to 13.4 times (6273 individuals). So far, any data is lacking concerning development offull picture ofprevalence of HIV-infection in various population groups that dictates necessity of more complete coverage ofpopulation with examination for presence of antibodies to HIV-infection.