Prévention du sida chez les toxicomanes en Suisse: une évolution encourageante. [Prevention of AIDS in drug addicts in Switzerland: an encouraging development].

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_D0E50C1C1BF9
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Prévention du sida chez les toxicomanes en Suisse: une évolution encourageante. [Prevention of AIDS in drug addicts in Switzerland: an encouraging development].
Périodique
Schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin Praxis = Revue suisse de médecine Praxis
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Dubois-Arber F., Jeannin A., Meystre-Agostino G., Gruet F., Paccaud F.
ISSN
1013-2058 (Print)
ISSN-L
1013-2058
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
1994
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
83
Numéro
34
Pages
916-920
Langue
allemand
Résumé
Switzerland has adopted a prevention strategy including the promotion of non-sharing injection material and use of condoms. The access to sterile equipment has been made easier, but regional differences still exist. Studies conducted between 1989 and 1992 among drug users in different Swiss regions are reviewed in order to examine if progress in prevention occurred. Syringe sharing diminished everywhere, but rather high sharing rates persist where sterile material is less accessible. Condom use increased, but the situation is still unsatisfactory considering the high HIV prevalence among i.v. drug users. Where several surveys have been conducted consecutively, a stabilization of HIV prevalence was observed. This suggests a slowing down of the progression of the epidemic among drug users. These results, obtained in few years, are encouraging in the light of the pessimism which prevailed at the beginning of the epidemic about the ability of drug users to adopt preventive behaviour.
Mots-clé
Condoms/utilization, HIV Infections/prevention & control, HIV Infections/transmission, Health Policy, Humans, Needle Sharing, Needle-Exchange Programs, Sexual Behavior, Substance Abuse, Intravenous/complications, Switzerland
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