New HIV Cases In Sweden Increased By 20% In 2007, Health Officials Say
Researcher Claes Herlitz, who has been examining Swedish attitudes toward HIV since the late 1980s, said that the data suggest that people are becoming less worried about contracting the virus than they were 10 years ago. "Interest in HIV/AIDS has gradually declined as people have become more accustomed to the threat," he said, adding, "They've seen that HIV hasn't spread as quickly as we thought it would in the late '80s, and there are new medicines making it more difficult to get AIDS. Fewer people are dying." Herlitz added that people living with HIV in Sweden face less stigma and discrimination. "But perhaps the fear has declined too much," he said, adding, "Risky sexual behavior has increased, and a greater number of people are having casual sex without using a condom." According to institute statistician Malin Arneborn, cases of most sexually transmitted infections are increasing in Sweden because people are "having more unprotected sex" (AFP/Google.com, 2/5).
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