Epidemiology
Epidemiology 08/03/2010
AIDS rise may force India to spend more: World Bank
India will have to scale up prevention of HIV to avoid having to spend an increasing share of its health budget on treatment of AIDS patients, the World Bank and other agencies said Sunday.
Epidemiology 05/03/2010
Philippines HIV cases spike to record in January
The Philippines diagnosed 143 people with HIV in January -- a national high -- and the country's health secretary said on Thursday she would seek more public funds to distribute condoms among high-risk groups.
Epidemiology 01/03/2010
One in six new HIV cases involves drug-resistant virus
About one of every six new HIV cases diagnosed in 2007 involved virus with antiretroviral drug-resistance mutations, according to data reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Epidemiology 18/02/2010
Overall HIV prevalence stabilises at 11% in South Africa, with decreases in younger age groups
Results of three national HIV household surveys spanning six years indicate that HIV prevalence has stabilised at 11% in South Africa, with signs that the rate of infection is falling in younger age groups.
Epidemiology 16/02/2010
CROI: HIV in U.S. forgotten, not gone
The virus remains a major health threat in the U.S. with prevalences that, in some communities, rival those seen in the hardest-hit areas of Africa.
Epidemiology 20/01/2010
ECDC Summary of key publications 2009
This document is a compilation of summaries from 14 selected ECDC documents published in 2009.
Epidemiology 03/12/2009
Annual rate of newly diagnosed HIV infections in Europe more than doubled between 2000 and 2008, according to a report released for World AIDS Day
Nearly 51 600 people in the WHO European Region were newly diagnosed as infected with HIV in 2008, more than double the annual rate in 2000.
Epidemiology 01/12/2009
Gay men remain focus of European HIV epidemic
Gay men continue to be the focus of the HIV epidemic in Europe, a series of articles published in Eurosurveillance Weekly show.
Epidemiology 27/11/2009
Third of HIV diagnoses in UK still occurring late, when risk of AIDS is high
A third of new HIV diagnoses in the UK in 2008 were made so late that the individuals had a significant risk of developing an AIDS-defining illness.
Epidemiology 26/11/2009
Africa still worst hit by AIDS
Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region most heavily affected by HIV, accounting for 67 percent of all people living with HIV worldwide and 91 percent of all new infections among children.
Epidemiology 25/11/2009
UNAIDS Outlook 2010: Fresh perspective on the AIDS epidemic and response
Outlook gives an overview of the epidemic with global and regional statistics, but also contains analysis offering the UNAIDS interpretation and eyes the data available in the more detailed AIDS Epidemic Update report from different angles.
Epidemiology 25/11/2009
Eight-year trend shows new HIV infections down by 17%—most progress seen in sub-Saharan Africa
Efforts towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support are bringing AIDS out of isolation.
Epidemiology 12/11/2009
Prevention a priority at European HIV conference
Prevention looks set to be the major theme of the 12th European AIDS Conference, which officially opened in Cologne on November 11th.
Epidemiology 09/11/2009
WHO report on the health of women: AIDS leading cause of death globally in women of reproductive age
AIDS-related illness is the leading cause of death and disease among women of reproductive age in low and middle income countries, particularly in Africa.
Epidemiology 28/10/2009
HIV infections, deaths declining in Caribbean, senior official says
There were a recorded 17,000 new infections last year compared to 20,000 the previous year and 11,000 deaths compared to 14,000 during the same period.
Epidemiology 28/10/2009
HIV transmission through injecting drug use on the increase in the UK
HIV transmission among injecting drug users is happening more often now than at the beginning of the decade, the Health Protection Agency says in a report issued this week.
Epidemiology 26/10/2009
Nearly one in three people with HIV do not know: EU
Almost one in three people infected with the virus that causes AIDS do not know they have the disease, increasing the risk of infection, the European Commission warned Monday.
Epidemiology 22/10/2009
Transmitted drug-resistant HIV stabilising in Europe
The transmission of drug-resistant strains of HIV in Europe has stabilised, and in some cases declined.
Epidemiology 08/10/2009
How HIV spread in Central and East Africa: genetic, geographic data deliver clear picture of HIV progress
Scientists studying biology and geography may seem worlds apart, but together they have answered a question that has defied explanation about the spread of the HIV-1 epidemic in Africa.
Epidemiology 11/09/2009
Number of Australians with HIV steady
The number of Australians diagnosed with HIV every year has plateaued at about a thousand cases.
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