Introduction: In recent years, the lives of HIV-infected patients in Thailand have improved significantly due to continuous advances in treatment. However, the rate of cancer related to HIV infection (especially cervical cancer) is likely to increase. Although the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends Papanicolaou testing in all HIV-infected women, few of these patients receive this kind of screening in Thailand. Therefore, we conducted this study to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of these patients with regard to cervical cancer screening. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in HIV-infected women aged 18-65 years from April to November 2019 via a self-administered cervical cancer screening questionnaire, which consisted of four parts: demographic data, knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Results: Three hundred HIV-infected women were recruited. Most of the participants had good attitudes toward screening and practiced adequate screening (75.3% and 71.3%, respectively). However, only 62 participants (20.7%) demonstrated adequate knowledge. The crucial factors that were associated with adequate screening practice were age 40-49 years-old (AOR =3.26, 95%CI=1.02-10.37), CD4 cell count (AOR = 3.41, 95%CI = 1.29-8.99), having been advised about cervical cancer screening (AOR= 6.23, 95%CI 1.84-21.07), and attitude toward screening (AOR= 5.7, 95%CI = 2.23-14.55). The major reasons for not undergoing screening were embarrassment (41.86%), lack of symptoms (41.86%), fear of the results (36.04%), and fear of pain (36.04%). Conclusion: The reasons for inadequate testing were disregard and misconceptions about the procedure. To prevent invasive cervical lesions in HIV-infected women, health care providers should inform these patients about the importance of regular cervical cancer screening.

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research included geographic mapping of RG's locations, qualitative and quantitative surveys and mapping of existing services. Geographic mapping was based on interviews of primary (N = 225) and secondary (N = 1240) key informants and showed more than thousand RGs locations. 125 representatives of each RG were interviewed during quantitative survey and 45 MARAs had in-depth interviews. Results Data shows that spots are very mobile which requires recurrent mapping. Street-based spots are popular locations for SBCs and FSWs. As a local peculiarity, mobile spots for IDUs were revealed, which means that drugs can be delivered by order. The preliminary data of size estimation in Zaporizhzhia shows that average number of FSW, IDUs and SBC is 2023, 2892 and 1388 relatively, what could be useful for planning and developing services. Obtained data shows high level of risk practises among MARAs (the percentage of condom use among FSWs with regular client is 65%, with occasional clients -76%; the percentage of IDUs who have used only sterile syringes is 78%). Range of HIV and Reproductive Health programmes revealed different types of services for MARAs with a poor access due to subjective reasons and geographical location of establishments. Conclusions Research revealed the lack of HIV-prevention services for MARAs. For higher efficiency the developed HIV-prevention model should be very flexible. Service delivering process should be strongly supported by local government; the activity coordination and referral system should be thoroughly organised.Knowledge and attitudes about HiV/aids and sexual HealtH Practises in First-Year uniVersitY students