The silent epidemic killing more people than HIV, malaria or TB
Viral hepatitis is on the rise. Tackling hepatitis B in Africa is key to fighting back. An article, published in Nature, examines global hepatitis B burden, death toll.
Viral hepatitis is on the rise. Tackling hepatitis B in Africa is key to fighting back. An article, published in Nature, examines global hepatitis B burden, death toll.
A hidden epidemic is coming to light in Europe but under-reporting and late diagnosis continue to hamper progress in preventing hepatitis B and C infections. Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan reports. Most…
In The Lancet Infectious Diseases, the Global Burden of Disease Tuberculosis Collaborators report the burden of tuberculosis in 2016 and trends since 1990. A comment reflects on the results of…
By 2030, around 80 adolescents will be dying of AIDS every day if “we don’t accelerate progress in preventing transmission,” the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday…
From diagnosis of HIV to successful viral suppression: in a rapid communication published in Eurosurveillance today, ECDC and co-authors from Public Health England and The National AIDS Trust summarise the…
The 2018 report from Public Health England is entitled Progress towards ending the HIV epidemic in the United Kingdom, and for once the note of optimism in the title is justified. The…
The HIV epidemic in Europe is still growing at an alarming rate, particularly in Eastern Europe, according to a new report. The number of new HIV diagnoses in the region…
With nearly 160 000 people newly diagnosed with HIV, 2017 marked another year of alarming numbers of new HIV diagnoses in the WHO European Region. Encouragingly, the overall increasing trend…
26 November 2018: Before World AIDS day on December 1st, statistics about new cases of infection in Germany have been published. After years in which figures remained stable, positive and…
HIV is on the decline in Switzerland, according to the latest figures of the health ministry, with only 445 new cases reported in 2017. That’s a 16% decrease relative to…