HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the Czech Republic and Related Factors: Comparison of Key Populations of People who Inject Drugs and Men who Have Sex with Men
The result's identifiers
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00023752:_____/18:43919813 RIV/00216208:11110/18:10392577
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the Czech Republic and Related Factors: Comparison of Key Populations of People who Inject Drugs and Men who Have Sex with Men
Original language description
BACKGROUND: The HIV epidemiological situation has worsened in the past decade in the Czech Republic. This paper analyses relevant factors from the perspective of two key populations - men who have sex with men (MSM) and people who inject drugs (PWID). METHODS: A non-systematic literature review comparing relevant factors such as risk behaviours, preventive measures, and stigma in both populations. RESULTS: A total of 286 newly diagnosed HIV cases were reported in 2016. Sex between men accounted for 74.5% (and has been rising recently), the proportion of PWID was only 2.4%. HIV prevalence among MSM exceeds 5% regionally (in Prague), while among PWID it is close to zero. Sharing of injecting equipment among PWID seems to be decreasing, the trend in high-risk sexual behaviour among MSM is unknown. There is significantly higher coverage and provision of preventive measures in PWIDs as compared to MSM. There is a lack of support for effective interventions such as post- or pre-exposure prophylaxis (PEP and PrEP). Destigmatisation of drug use has been a part of the drug policy for a long time, the destigmatisation of MSM has not been incorporated into the HIV prevention strategy yet. CONCLUSION: HIV prevention in MSM should be scaled up and include state-of-the-art strategies such as PrEP and target the stigma attached to HIV and MSM.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30215 - Psychiatry
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Adiktologie
ISSN
1213-3841
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
18
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
117-128
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85073801216