Table 4 Estimated coverage* with HIV prevention for men who have sex with men from the GFATM grant proposals, CCEE
ReferenceBaseline yearBaseline coverage of MSM (% or n)Measurement of the baseline coverage
Albania4120050No consistent prevention activities reported
Armenia42NANANA
Belarus4320031%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 Herzegovina442005n = 483Data submitted to public health institutes on the number of MSM who used services of NGOs
Croatia45NANANA
Kazakhstan4620062.5%The coverage was estimated in rapid assessment surveys carried out in Almaty, Shymkent, Aktobe, Karaganda and Astana
Kyrgyzstan47NANANA
Moldova48NANANA
Romania49200510%; n = 2180Reports from the NGOs Accept and Population Services International on the number of MSM reached with prevention services
Russian Federation50NANANA
Serbia512006n = 5200Reports from NGOs SPY and Youth of Jazas submitted to the Institute of Public Health on the number of MSM reached with prevention services
Tajikistan52NANANA
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia5320071.6%Reports from the NGO LGBT Centre submitted to the Institute of Public Health on the number of MSM reached with prevention services
Turkey5420020No prevention activites reported
Ukraine5520061.3%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
Uzbekistan562002<1%; n = 300Data 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.