Introduction: In France, 50,000 people are unaware of their HIV status because they have not been screened. Every year, there are nearly 7,000 new HIVinfections. To address this issue, the French Ministry of Health and Sport published the 2010-2014 National Plan against HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. A national survey was conducted among the Regional Coordination Centers for the Fight against HIV (COREVIHs) to assess their views of the National Plan and their current funding levels.
Method: A questionnaire was sent to the presidents and coordinators of the 28 COREVIHs.
Results: After two reminders, 19 of the 28 COREVIHs responded. The National Plan was the original impetus for an assessmentofcurrent practices, accompanied by the implementation ofnew measures and new working groups. There is evidence that the COREVIHs are committed to developing incentive measures to promote screening and that they are also working to coordinate regional training programs in the area of screening and testing. The assessment also found that 11 COREVIHs were considering a reorganization of the CDAG/CIDDIST centers (CDAG: Free Anonymous Testing Center/ CIDDIST: STI Information, Testing and Diagnosis Center). Some COREVIHs have been involved in coordinating therapeutic education at a regional level. Most COREVIHs are also actively involved in the fight against discrimination. However, a number of obstacles to the implementation of the plan were identified.
Discussion: The purpose of this study was to examine the involvement of the COREVIHs in the implementation of the 2010-2014 National Plan against HIV The results indicate that implementing a system involving a specific form ofregionalcoordination of a public health problem is possible and should provide a basis for the decentralized implementation of public health plans.