risk factors impacting on the spread of hiv among pregnant women ...

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• The significance of epidemiological tracing (identification of major <strong>risk</strong>s aimed at understanding
the causes of infection and implementing anti-epidemic initiatives) has sharply decreased over
the past few years due to the complexity of work with the <strong>risk</strong> groups mentioned above.
• When HIV cases are grouped by transmission route in national statistical documents, 20-30%
annually fall into the “Data Unavailable” category, so the probability that parenteral transmission
prevails in this group is very high.
Investigation into the HIV epidemic among women is therefore very important if we are to understand
the trends of HIV spread in Russia.
PROJECT GOAL:
Identify trends in HIV spread among the female population in several high-prevalence areas in the
Russia, through in-depth epidemiological and sociological analysis.
HIV-positive pregnant women were selected as the target group due to the accessibility of this group
and its social relevance.
PROJECT TASKS:
RISK FACTORS IMPACTING ON THE SPREAD OF HIV AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
1. Investigate behavioural <strong>risk</strong>s among the target group of women at the time of HIV diagnosis
(injecting drugs, multiple sexual partners, non-regular sexual partners, commercial sex, use of
condoms during intercourse)
2. Estimate the percentage of traditional <strong>risk</strong> groups (IDUs, SWs’ clients, prisoners, HIV-positives)
among sexual partners of women from the target group
3. Evaluate the probable transmission routes among the target group members (sexual transmission,
parenteral transmission)
4. Investigate behavioural changes among women living with HIV