title: [The prevention of HIV/AIDS among injection drug abusers and women in the sex business in the city of Kharkiv].
abstract: A steady increase of the number of persons with drug addiction has been noted both on Kharkov and Kharkov Province. Since 1996 a considerable number of HIV-infected persons has been detected among injecting drug users (80-82% of them infected parenterally). Rapid evaluation, carried out in 1997 within the project "Harm Reduction", served as the basis for the creation of the Charity Fund "Scarlet Ribbon" collaborating with the UNAIDS Representation in the Ukraine and other international organizations. The information and educational activity of the Fund among injecting drug users is presented. The necessity of organizing additional stationary and mobile exchange stations of the syringe is pointed out.
authors.affiliation: Charity Fund Scarlet Ribbon for Assistance to HIV-Infected Persons and AIDS Patients, Kharkov, Ukraine.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Belyĭ
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D011477:Sex Work / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014455:Ukraine; D014480:United Nations; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data