MONITORING OF THE INCIDENCE OF VIRAL HEPATITIS A AMONG THE POPULATION OF RIVNE AND LVIV REGIONS OF UKRAINE IN 2014–2023

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the problem of the spread of viral hepatitis A (HA). The incidence of hepatitis A in the Rivne and Lviv regions of Ukraine for 2014–2023 was analyzed.Topicality. The article highlights the incidence of HA before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the RussianFederation and during the period of full-scale military aggression. The aim of the study is to analyze the incidence and study the peculiarities of the spread of viral HA among the population of Rivne and Lviv regions of Ukraine during 2014–2023. Materials and methods. A retrospective epidemiological analysis of the incidence of HA in the population of Rivne and Lviv regions of Ukraine for 2014– 2023 was conducted according to statistical reporting (form No. 40-health. "Report on the work of the sanitary and epidemiological station", № 1 and No. 2 "Report on certain infections and parasitic diseases" (monthly, annual).Results of the study. It has been established that during the period of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation in 2022–2023, a 1.4-fold increase in the incidence of HA Lviv region and an increase in the risk of morbidity in Rivne region. Among the population of both regions the period 2017–2023, the most vulnerable to HA was the age group of persons of working age 25–49 years: in Rivne region, the percentage of such patients was 40.48% (85 people) of the total number of cases, in Lviv region – 46.21% (140 people), children under 14 years of age in the structure of HAincidence were 20.0% and 20.46%, respectively (42 and 62 people).Conclusions. It has been established that during the period of full-scale Russian military aggression on the territory of Ukraine in 2022–2023, there was a 1.4-fold increase in the incidence of HA the Lviv region and an increase in the risk of HA in the Rivne region, which requires strengthening of epidemiological surveillance of this infection and requires mobilization of all actions of health care workers and communities in the prevention of HA, as well as increased efforts of politicians to speed up the political solution to end Russian military aggression in Ukraine.