EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION ON HIV - INFECTION IN THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

Abstract

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is an infectious disease that has spread throughout the world and has become one of the most pressing problems of the XXIst century, in the health care system and society. It is registered in almost all countries of the world as a pandemic. As of the end of 2019, there were approximately 38.0 million people living with HIV-infection worldwide.

In the Republic it was identified and registered from 2017 till 2019. The number of registered HIV infections in 2017 was 4025. In 2019, the prevalence rate was 3983 people, and in 2019 it can be seen that the incidence has slightly decreased.

Among migrant workers, 630 cases of HIV infection were identified in 2018, and 546 cases of HIV-positive workers were identified in 2019, in other words this figure was reduced to 84 cases. However, despite the decrease in the incidence among migrants, in 2019 the highest rate was registered in 2019 in Samarkand-87 cases, and the lowest rate-56 cases in Navoi region.

Among migrant workers, HIV transmission in high rates (87.6%) was mainly through sexual transmission, which led to infection of the other spouse and their family members.