ABSTRACT
The article is concerned with the verification of the medical examination for HIV-infection in the youth of conscription age. Negative epidemiologic situation with HIV-infection and drug habituation increases the number of draftees unfitted for service for reasons of health. The data of analysis of structure and dynamics of detection of HIV positive people of conscription age during 1999-2008 was quoted: the main contingent was people from the territorial subject of Russian Federation with the highest index of HIV-infection prevalence. Introduction of obligatory medical examination for HIV-infection in the youth of conscription age can successfully prevent its spread among the military personnel. In this case expenses for the laboratory examination for HIV-infection of the whole draft contingent of Russian Federation will be lower than for alimentation, treatment and the following discharge of HIV positive servicemen.
Subject(s)
HIV Infections/epidemiology , Military Medicine , Military Personnel , Adolescent , Adult , HIV Infections/diagnosis , Humans , Male , Retrospective Studies , Russia , Substance-Related Disorders/diagnosis , Substance-Related Disorders/epidemiologySubject(s)
Communicable Disease Control/legislation & jurisprudence , Communicable Disease Control/organization & administration , Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control , HIV Infections/epidemiology , Military Personnel , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/epidemiology , Attitude to Health , Disease Outbreaks/legislation & jurisprudence , Health Education , Health Policy , Humans , Military Medicine/legislation & jurisprudence , Military Medicine/organization & administration , Military Personnel/statistics & numerical data , Russia/epidemiologyABSTRACT
The increase in HIV-infection incidence in the RF Armed Forces requires the study of modern epidemiology of this infection, the improvement of prophylactic and antiepidemic measures to prevent the contamination of units and ships and to eliminate the epidemiologic foci in time. The epidemiological situation connected with HIV-infection in Russia and the Armed Forces has the general patterns. The maximal incidence is registered in servicemen living in HIV unfavorable territories of the country. In 2001 the structure of HIV transmission in the military collectives was the following: sexual--51%, parenteral (drug addiction)--45%, parenteral (use of one shaving set)--1%, parenteral (tattooing)--1%, uncertain--2%. The high military epidemiological significance of HIV-infection requires the improvement of preventive forms and methods taking into account the main causes and factors that determine the epidemiological situation in Army and Navy.
