UNICEF research reveals that most at risk adolescents need immediate access to HIV-prevention services and social support
Kyiv, 18 June 2009 – Young Ukrainians who are most at risk are in core of the HIV epidemic. The majority of the infected young people aged before 19 are: female commercial sex workers (CSW) – 8%, men who have sex with men (MSM) – 12%, injecting drug users (IDU) – 6%. This data is provided by the report ‘Most-at-risk adolescents: the evidence base for strengthening the HIV response in Ukraine’ that was presented today by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Ukraine and the All-Ukrainian Network of People Living with HIV (PLWH).
