The impact of an educational film on promoting knowledge and attitudes toward HIV in soldiers of the Serbian Armed Forces.

Background/aim: Millions of soldiers around the world represent one of the most vulnerable populations regarding exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The programs for HIV prevention remain the most viable approach to reducing the spread of HIV infection. Very few studies have tested the effectiveness of HIV preventive interventions undertaken in military population.

Pandemic influenza H1N1 outbreak in the military school.

Background/aim: The first cases of the pandemic pH1N1 influenza virus infection was observed in the Unated States and Mexico in April 2009 and the first laboratory confirmed case in Serbia was registered in June 2009. The aim of this paper was to report on the investigation of the first confirmed outbreak of the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza in Serbia and to describe the clinical and epidemiologic findings from this investigation.

Methods: Descriptive and analytical epidemiological methods were used.

[HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections among military members of the Armed Forces of Serbia].

Background/aim: Military personnel is a population group at special risk of exposure to sexually transmitted diseases (STD). In peacetime, STD infection rates among service members are generally 2 to 5 times higher than among civilian population. In time of conflict, the differences can be 50 or more times greater.