Authors: M. Kasianchuk, I. Titar, S. Salnikov, S. Ohorodnik, R. Kulchynska, Ya. Sazonova, I. Andrianova, O. Sheiko, S. Sichkar, O. Trofymenko

Summary: This report presents the key results of the biological and behavioral survey (BBS) among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Ukraine conducted in 2021. The primary objectives of the BBS among MSM were to estimate the prevalence of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), their correlates, HIV service coverage, and population size (calculations will be presented later in a separate report). The BBS utilized respondent-driven sampling (RDS) to recruit participants. The survey included 6,632 respondents from 16 cities: Vinnytsia, Dnipro, Mariupol (Donetsk oblast), Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kropyvnytskyi, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Kharkiv, Kherson, Cherkasy, and Chernihiv. Persons who are 14 years or older, male, have had one oral or anal sexual contact with a male within the last 6 months, and had been living/working/studying in the survey area for a period of at least 3 months, were eligible to be enrolled in the survey. Written informed consent was obtained for all participants. The survey included administration of a structured questionnaire by means of a face-to-face interview, pre/post-test counselling, and collection of specimens for rapid HIV and recency LAg-Avidity (LAg) testing, laboratory-based viral load testing and other tests (HCV antibody and syphilis).

ISBN 978-9916-4-1841-3

Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370927582_REPORT_ON_BIOLOGICAL_AND_BEHAVIORAL_SURVEY_AMONG_MEN_WHO_HAVE_SEX_WITH_MEN_IN_UKRAINE_2021

Responsible institutions: Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine

Published: Mariupol, Kyiv: State Institution “Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine”

Other institutions: State Institution «Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine»

Size in pages: 108