Drug use and sexually transmitted illnesses
The adult HIV prevalence rate is still estimated to be less than 0.1%, while a growing number of HIV/AIDS infections are found among high risk groups, including young people and most at-risk adolescents. This includes intravenous drug users (16,000 in Bucharest alone), commercial sex workers, trafficked women, mobile populations, and other vulnerable groups who are exposed to unsafe practices associated with injecting drug use and trafficking. Testing rates among these groups are low, indicating that sentinel surveillance is insufficient to assess the status and spread of HIV/AIDS. The incidence of syphilis has increased substantially, indicating a significant increase in risky sexual behavior. Hepatitis C and B are also high among intravenous drug users, suggesting a high rate of needle sharing and infection potential.
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