AIDS surveillance and behavior characteristics analysis among drug users in a drug rehabilitation center of Jiangxi province, 2007-2009

ObjectiveTo learn about the HIV infection rate and related risk factors among drug users, and provide evidence for effective intervention among drug users to prevent AIDS. MethodsAll the drug users in a drug rehabilitation center of Jiangxi were recruited from 2007 to 2009. The face to face interview was conducted among them and blood specimens were taken from them to detect HIV antibody. ResultsA total of 918 drug users were surveyed from 2007 to 2009. The HIV positive rates was 0.4%, 1.1% and 5.0% respectively, injecting drug users (IDUs) accounted for 95.6%, 87.7% and 66.0% of the total drug users; the drug users sharing needle or syringe accounted for 57.6%, 43.8% and 22.2%; the drug users having commercial sex accounted for 57.2%, 62.3% and 28.5%; the drug users using condoms at each sex accounted for 8.4%, 11.6% and 11.6%. ConclusionProgress had been made on AIDS prevention, the proportion of drug users with risk behaviors had declined, but the HIV positive rate among drug user increased by year. HIV tends to transmit from high risk population to general population by a chain of drug users-prostitute-family members. It is urgent to take effective measures to prevent AIDS epidemic.