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'''Important Notes - Learn about PEP and PrEP:''' If you think that you've been recently exposed to HIV (i.e. within 72 hours), seek out PEP (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis). It's a month-long treatment to prevent HIV infection after exposure, and it may be available in your city. Take PEP as soon as possible. For more information, click [https://www.aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/prevention/reduce-your-risk/post-exposure-prophylaxis/ here]. If you are at risk of HIV exposure, seek out PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis). It's a daily oral pill that can prevent HIV infection before exposure. To learn more about PrEP, click [http://www.whatisprep.org/ here]. | '''Important Notes - Learn about PEP and PrEP:''' If you think that you've been recently exposed to HIV (i.e. within 72 hours), seek out PEP (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis). It's a month-long treatment to prevent HIV infection after exposure, and it may be available in your city. Take PEP as soon as possible. For more information, click [https://www.aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/prevention/reduce-your-risk/post-exposure-prophylaxis/ here]. If you are at risk of HIV exposure, seek out PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis). It's a daily oral pill that can prevent HIV infection before exposure. To learn more about PrEP, click [http://www.whatisprep.org/ here]. | ||
==Laws & Social Stigmas== | |||
In Ukraine, there are no travel restrictions related to HIV status. In the past, there was a Law on Prevention of AIDS and Social Protection of Population, which seems to have restricted entry for HIV positive people (based on what we know of it), but this law has been removed.<ref>[http://www.hivtravel.org/Default.aspx?PageId=143&CountryId=188 UKRAINE - REGULATIONS ON ENTRY, STAY AND RESIDENCE FOR PLHIV]</ref> | |||
Currently, Ukraine is experiencing and HIV/AIDS epidemic, and it has one of the highest HIV infection rates in Europe. It's estimated by UNAIDS that 223,000 people are infected with HIV but only one half of infected people are aware of their status.<ref>[https://www.aidshealth.org/#/archives/countries/ua AIDS Healthcare Foundation - Ukraine]</ref> For many years, Ukraine was considered a "low-risk" country for HIV, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The disease was only first reported in Ukraine in 1987 and, by 1995, there were still only a few cases. However, this began to change. From 1995-2007, the majority of HIV infections came from injection drug use. However, since 2007, heterosexual sex has been the primary means of transmission. There has also been a significantly increased infection rate among prison inmates and children (who transmitted the disease from their mother) in the past two decades. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_Ukraine HIV/AIDS in Ukraine]</ref> Some of the biggest challenges in controlling the infection rate include: lack of services for injection-drug users, limited access to affordable condoms, limited access to affordable HIV tests, and the stigma around men who have sex with men (MSM).<ref>[https://www.aidshealth.org/#/archives/countries/ua AIDS Healthcare Foundation - Ukraine]</ref> | |||
Regarding HPV, it's estimated that 9.7% of women in Eastern Europe are infected with HPV HPV-16/18. However, there is no nationwide HPV vaccination program in place in Ukraine, as of 2016.<ref>[http://www.hpvcentre.net/statistics/reports/UKR_FS.pdf Ukraine: Human Papillomavirus and Related Cancers, Fact Sheet 2016]</ref> | |||
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* You may be able to get a free HIV test if you donate blood. In the past, this was the case in Ukraine, and it may still be the case. | |||
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