Highest number of new HIV cases in Europe ever

With HIV infection diagnosed in over 142,000 people in 2014, the WHO European Region recorded the highest number of newly diagnosed infections in one year since the start of reporting in the 1980s. The most recent surveillance data released by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe indicate that the growth of the HIV epidemic is driven by the eastern part of the Region, where the number of new diagnoses has more than doubled during the past decade.

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ESO: Background information: Website: HIV/AIDS http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-hiv-aids/

http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/communicable-diseases/hivaids http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/communicable-diseases/hivaids

ECDC: Press Release, 17.06.15: Preventing HIV and STI among men who have sex with men – an ECDC guidance http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/press/Press%20Releases/ECDC-press-release-HIV-STI-MSM-guidance-2015.pdf

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