Reference | Baseline year | Baseline coverage of MSM (% or n) | Measurement of the baseline coverage | |
Albania | 41 | 2005 | 0 | No consistent prevention activities reported |
Armenia | 42 | NA | NA | NA |
Belarus | 43 | 2003 | 1% | The coverage was estimated by the NGO Vstrecha and the Republican Centre of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health from the HIV surveillance survey in which MSM aged 15–49 were asked whether they were able to access prevention services in the past 12 months |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44 | 2005 | n = 483 | Data submitted to public health institutes on the number of MSM who used services of NGOs |
Croatia | 45 | NA | NA | NA |
Kazakhstan | 46 | 2006 | 2.5% | The coverage was estimated in rapid assessment surveys carried out in Almaty, Shymkent, Aktobe, Karaganda and Astana |
Kyrgyzstan | 47 | NA | NA | NA |
Moldova | 48 | NA | NA | NA |
Romania | 49 | 2005 | 10%; n = 2180 | Reports from the NGOs Accept and Population Services International on the number of MSM reached with prevention services |
Russian Federation | 50 | NA | NA | NA |
Serbia | 51 | 2006 | n = 5200 | Reports from NGOs SPY and Youth of Jazas submitted to the Institute of Public Health on the number of MSM reached with prevention services |
Tajikistan | 52 | NA | NA | NA |
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 53 | 2007 | 1.6% | Reports from the NGO LGBT Centre submitted to the Institute of Public Health on the number of MSM reached with prevention services |
Turkey | 54 | 2002 | 0 | No prevention activites reported |
Ukraine | 55 | 2006 | 1.3% | Data based on the reports of NGOs that provide prevention services and assessed as part of the National Consensus Estimates on HIV/AIDS in Ukraine in 2006 |
Uzbekistan | 56 | 2002 | <1%; n = 300 | Data submitted to the Republican AIDS Centre by NGOs on the number of MSM reached with prevention services |
*Coverage with HIV prevention is described either as an absolute number of MSM or a proportion of the estimated MSM population reached with prevention activities (mainly behavioural change communication and outreach services).
CCEE, countries of central and eastern Europe; GFATM, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; MSM, men who have sex with men; NA, data are not available.