HIV PREVENTION IN HUNGARY

Hungary is a country with relatively low HIV prevalence. Since 1989, a wide range of HIV prevention projects has been developed both by gove rnment agencies and by an increasingly active voluntary sector. While energy and resources continue to be invested in HIV information and ed ucation, some senior public health officials have argued that it is th e country's compulsory HIV testing and compulsory reporting system whi ch have enabled it to maintain its low seroprevalence levels. The test ing and reporting system are soon to be reformed, however, in response to growing demands for better protection of personal privacy and conf identiality. Whether or not the forthcoming reforms will have an impac t on EW prevention, and what the nature of this impact will be, remain to be seen. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.