HIV Testing and Treatment among HIV-Positive Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) Living in Russia: Data from Two Waves of the European MSM Internet Survey

We examined changes in HIV testing and medical care among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Russia. Data come from the 2010 and 2017 waves of the European MSM Internet Survey. From 2010 to 2017 there was an increase in the proportion who had ever received an HIV test (+ 11.2%), had tested for HIV in the last year (+ 2.1%), had ever taken antiretroviral therapy (ART) (+ 31.9), were currently taking ART (+ 31.5%), and had an undetectable viral load (+ 19.4%). These results are encouraging, yet they also reveal that substantial proportions of MSM experience considerable unmet prevention and treatment needs. Examinamos los cambios en las pruebas de detecci & oacute;n de VIH y la atenci & oacute;n m & eacute;dica entre hombres que tienen sexo con hombres (HSH) en Rusia. Los datos provienen de las olas de 2010 y 2017 de la Encuesta Europea de Internet para HSH. De 2010 a 2017 hubo un aumento en la proporci & oacute;n de quienes alguna vez se hab & iacute;an hecho una prueba de VIH (+ 11.2%), se hab & iacute;an hecho una prueba de VIH en el & uacute;ltimo a & ntilde;o (+ 2.1%), alguna vez hab & iacute;an tomado terapia antirretroviral (TAR) (+ 31.9%), estaban tomando TAR actualmente (+ 31.5%) y ten & iacute;an una carga viral indetectable (+ 19.4%). Estos resultados son alentadores, pero tambi & eacute;n revelan que una proporci & oacute;n sustancial de HSH experimenta considerables necesidades de prevenci & oacute;n y tratamiento no satisfechas.