Report from an Epidemiological Study of the Biological and Behavioural Indicators of HIV Prevalence Among the Group of People Who Use Drugs in the City of Sofia.
The HIV epidemic is firmly rooted in human behaviour and is driven by economic, cultural and social conditions. Behavioural and social sciences are essential to finding solutions to control it. HIV infection is to a large extent socially determined and linked to people's behaviour. Therefore, a thorough understanding of not only the biological factors of HIV transmission, but also the social and behavioural determinants driving its spread is necessary. Building on this understanding, in 2000 WHO recommended the expansion of HIV epidemiological surveillance to include surveillance of the social and behavioural factors associated with the disease. This type of epidemiological surveillance is termed “Second Generation Sentinel Surveillance of HIV Infection”, which involves examining the relationship between biological and behavioural factors through Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance (IBBS).
Categories
