Add to ORKGBackground: The epidemics of incarceration, substance use disorders (SUDs), and infectious diseases are inextricably intertwined, especially in the Former Soviet Union (FSU). Few objective data documenting this relationship regionally are available. We therefore conducted a comprehensive, representative country-wide prison health survey in Ukraine, where one of the world’s most volatile HIV epidemics persists, in order to address HIV prevention and treatment needs. Methods: A nation-wide, multi-site randomly sampled biobehavioral health survey was conducted in four Ukrainian regions in 13 prisons among individuals being released within six months. After consent, participants underwent standardized health assessment surveys and serological t...
The high incidence of socially important infections among convicts and the specific nature of the pe...
The prison setting presents not only challenges, but also opportunities, for the prevention and trea...
© 2018 The Author(s). Background: Incarcerated people carry a high burden of infection, including bl...
The epidemics of incarceration, substance use disorders (SUDs), and infectious diseases are inextric...
Introduction: Prisoners bear a disproportionate burden of Ukraine's volatile and transitional HIV ep...
BACKGROUND: Central Asia is afflicted with increasing HIV incidence, low antiretroviral therapy (ART...
Background Central Asia is afflicted with increasing HIV incidence, low antiretroviral therapy (ART)...
Ukraine is a large European country facing a major Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic histo...
Introduction: Prisoners bear a disproportionate burden of Ukraine’s volatile and transitional HIV ep...
BACKGROUND: Evidence highlights the prison as a high risk environment in relation to human immunodef...
Russia, despite recent legal reforms, still has one of the highest rates of imprisonment in the worl...
Relevance. HIV infection has a negative impact on the demographic and economic situation. Despite t...
and HIV are believed to exist in Russian prisons. Prisoners with TB were studied in order to identif...
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV) and syphilis in injecting dru...
The prison setting presents not only challenges, but also opportunities, for the prevention and trea...
The high incidence of socially important infections among convicts and the specific nature of the pe...
The prison setting presents not only challenges, but also opportunities, for the prevention and trea...
© 2018 The Author(s). Background: Incarcerated people carry a high burden of infection, including bl...
The epidemics of incarceration, substance use disorders (SUDs), and infectious diseases are inextric...
Introduction: Prisoners bear a disproportionate burden of Ukraine's volatile and transitional HIV ep...
BACKGROUND: Central Asia is afflicted with increasing HIV incidence, low antiretroviral therapy (ART...
Background Central Asia is afflicted with increasing HIV incidence, low antiretroviral therapy (ART)...
Ukraine is a large European country facing a major Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic histo...
Introduction: Prisoners bear a disproportionate burden of Ukraine’s volatile and transitional HIV ep...
BACKGROUND: Evidence highlights the prison as a high risk environment in relation to human immunodef...
Russia, despite recent legal reforms, still has one of the highest rates of imprisonment in the worl...
Relevance. HIV infection has a negative impact on the demographic and economic situation. Despite t...
and HIV are believed to exist in Russian prisons. Prisoners with TB were studied in order to identif...
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV) and syphilis in injecting dru...
The prison setting presents not only challenges, but also opportunities, for the prevention and trea...
The high incidence of socially important infections among convicts and the specific nature of the pe...
The prison setting presents not only challenges, but also opportunities, for the prevention and trea...
© 2018 The Author(s). Background: Incarcerated people carry a high burden of infection, including bl...