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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Drug Policy. 2017 Feb 1;43:7–15. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.12.008

Table 1.

Summary of oblast-level measures for 27 Ukrainian oblasts

Data source Mean SD Range
Estimated size of PWID population SYREX 11,955·6 10650·7 1400 – 42000
New registered HIV cases per 100,000 population1 Ukraine Ministry of Health 39·1 28·0 6·6 – 109·4
HIV prevalence in pregnant women1 Ukraine Ministry of Health 0·325 0·198 0·07 – 0·74
HIV prevalence among PWID aged <25 years Ukraine Ministry of Health 0·048 0·063 0 – 0·283
Percent of PWID among newly diagnosed HIV cases Ukraine Ministry of Health 24·2% 54·3% 1·2 – 39·8%
Total number of syringes distributed SYREX 2,835,902 3,718,133 295,363 – 76,569,348
Syringes per PWID2 SYREX 200·4 96·4 55·3 – 422·9
Proportion of PWID on MAT1,2 SYREX 0·028 0·022 0·008 – 0·086
Self-reported ART coverage of PWID IBBS 34·2% 17·3% 1·5 – 70·0%
Self-reported receipt of clean syringes/needles IBBS 49·2% 19·4% 15·5 – 97·1%
Self-reported client of a prevention program IBBS 34·7% 21·9% 6·1 – 96·1%
1

N=25; data missing from the Autonomous Region of Crimea and Sebastopol City

2

Calculated variable

ARV = antiretroviral therapy; MAT = medication-assisted therapy; PWID = people who inject drugs