title: [The prevention of HIV infection and other blood-contact diseases among intravenous narcotic users in Nizhniy Novgorod within the framework of the Harm Reduction program].
abstract: The results of the development and realization principles of the project on the decrease of harm, envisaging work in three directions (the determination of the technology of using drugs, the exchange of syringes/needles and other accessories, as well as laboratory examination for the presence of antibodies to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses and consultations of narcologists). 1075 injecting drug users took part in this project. Out of 611 participants filling-in the questionnaires, 338 persons underwent tests for HIV and 3 of them were found to be HIV-infected; out of 305 persons screened for the presence of markers of hepatitis B virus, positive results were obtained in 98 (32% of cases); in 218 (65%) out of 335 persons antibodies to hepatitis C virus were found (49 persons, i.e. 14%, had hepatitis C registered in the medical history and in the rest antibodies were detected for the first time). The preventive program of the decrease of harm was assessed as effective.
authors.affiliation: Regional Center for Prevention and Control of AIDS, Regional Narcological Dispensary, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Moshkovich
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Pikovskaia
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Fedotova
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Shilov
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Kuznetsov
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Moiseev
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D017848:Blood-Borne Pathogens; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000517:prevention & control; D016730:Program Development; D012307:Risk Factors; D012426:Russia; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data