Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 17:50:46 +0100 (NFT) From: Bj|rn Skolander Subject: DENMARK: Request for HIV-Detectives * Danske Nyhedsmedier pr. 95.01.16 * * Set, hoert og laest af dille og leander @ blanet.dk * Flere aarhus-laeger advarede i weekenden imod, at der er en AIDS-epidemi under udvikling i Danmark. De venter en 3-dopling de naeste 5 aar, fra de nuvaerende skoensmaessigt godt 5.000 konstaterede tilfaelde. Adm. overlaege, Kristian Thulstrup-Pedersen, Marselisborg Hospital oenskede, at der i alle amter blev ansat HIV-detektiver, som kunne opspore smittedes seksualpartnere og tilbyde dem en HIV-test. Desuden skulle lovgivningen aendres, "saa man kunne faa mere at vide" om sygdommens udbredelse. Ifoelge overlaegen blev der foert "strudsepolitik" overfor sygdommen. HIV-detektiver kendes fra Sverige (der har 50) og fra Fyns Amt, der har en enkelt. (Copyright 1994, Bodil og Leif Andersen. Danske nyheder kan frit distribueres via e-post og placeres paa ikke-kommercielle BBS'er. Alle rettigheder forbeholdes. Kommerciel og ikke-elektronisk distribution kun efter forudgaaende aftale.) Several doctors from Aarhus (Denmark's 2nd city) warned this weekend of a escalating AIDS-epidemic in Denmark. They are expecting a threefold increase during the next five years, compared to the present estimated 5,000 verified cases. Senior physician Kristian Thulstrup-Pedersen, Marselisborg Hospital, wanted that HIV-detectives were appointed in all counties, to be able to track down infected sexual partners and to offer them a HIV-test. Further there was asked for changes of the present legislation, "to be able to know more" about the spreading of the disease. Thulstrup-Pedersen criticized the present AIDS-policy, which he called "strudespolitik" ("ostrich-politics"). HIV-detectives are known from Sweden (which has 50) and from Fyn's County (Denmark), which has one. Translated by Bjorn Skolander bjorn.skolander@nordiska.uu.se PS: I can't verify that Sweden has got 50 detectives. /Bjorn