Public health France publish today the results of HIV surveillance. We learn that in 2017, approximately 6,400 people discovered their HIV statusa number that has remained stable since 2010. Among those who discovered their HIV status:
- 3600 (56%) were contaminated during heterosexual intercourse.
- 2600 (41%) during sex between men.
- 130 (2%) by injection drug use.
- 75% of discoveries among heterosexuals concern people born abroad, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa.
Find a way to remove the barriers to screening
Despite the various means of screening that exist today (among which a test to do at home), a third of HIV-positive people do not discover that they are carriers of HIVonly at an advanced stage of the disease. “These new data are a reminder of the importance of lifting the brakes screening. The aim is to reduce the number of people who are unaware of their infection and to enable HIV-positive people to access antiretroviral treatment, for both individual and collective benefit” emphasizes Public Health France, which adds: “It is all of these measures that will ultimately reduce the number of new infections by HIV, which will then be followed by a decrease in the number of discoveries of seropositivity”.
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