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Ukraine is experiencing the most severe HIV epidemic in Eastern Europe and the CIS countries. The current status of the epidemic is associated with wide spread of HIV among various populations, first of all populations most at risk of infection; uneven spread of HIV infection in different regions of the country; shift in dominant routs of HIV transmission; HIV affects mainly population of the working age. The strategy to combat HIV/AIDS is a priority of the state policy on health and social development in Ukraine. The Government of Ukraine has accepted a number of strategic commitments and, together with international and non-governmental organizations, is applying greater effort to meet them and to overcome the HIV epidemic in the country. |
