MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE OF HIV-INFECTED LABOR MIGRANTS IN THE TRANSCARPATHIAN REGION

Authors

  • І.С. МИРОНЮК

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2014.2.3369

Abstract

Purpose - to assess the efficacy of adoption of organizational arrangements to involve HIV- positive persons from the group of labor migrants in medical surveillance, by making immunoassay services more available.

Materials and methods. The  form of analysis of the primary records № 030-5 / about persons who already were under medical observation and the form of primary records № 502-1/o for adult persons placed under medical observation in the current calendar year, in 2012 and 2013 have been analyzed.

Results. It was found out, that immunoassay of HIV-positive persons of dispensary group was increased from 60.7% to 85.9% in 2013 compared to 2012, the average of HIV-positive persons, got under regular medical check-up in current year increased from 62.3 % in 2012 to 77.9% in 2013.

Conclusions. In terms of regional subepidemy of HIV/AIDS in Transcarpathia region, due to decisive role of labor migrants in its development, it is very important to adopt some complex arrangements to involve the HIV-positive persons in active medical surveillance.

KEY WORDS: medical surveillance, HIV/AIDS, labor migrants.

Published

2014-12-08

How to Cite

МИРОНЮК, І. (2014). MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE OF HIV-INFECTED LABOR MIGRANTS IN THE TRANSCARPATHIAN REGION. Bulletin of Social Hygiene and Health Protection Organization of Ukraine, (2). https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2014.2.3369

Issue

Section

Struggle against social-dangerous diseases