Unit:
Library of the School of Health SciencesΠΜΣ Παγκόσμια Υγεία-Ιατρική των Καταστροφών
Author:
Exintaris Theodoros
Supervisors info:
Καραβοκυρός Ιωάννης. Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ, Επιβλέπων
Γεωργόπουλος Σωτήριος, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Πικουλής Εμμανουήλ, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Trends of HIV pandemic in Europe for the years 2012-2020
Translated title:
Trends of HIV pandemic in Europe for the years 2012-2020
Summary:
The present dissertation will provide the trends of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic in Europe, following the division of the European Region according to the World Health Organization. The data has been provided by the annual surveillance reports of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control jointly with the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and the relative for each country HIV surveys. As there has been a summary of the HIV trends for the years 2002-2011, the years that are reviewed here are 2012-2020. Analysis is provided on the trends of several parameters of the pandemic such as the means of transmission, the gender, the ages, the origin, AIDS rates and others. The rates of the reported HIV cases show countries with significant decrease, possible reasons of which are going to be examined. The total rate of new diagnoses has been declining for the past five years, and according to the 2020 data, going even lower than rates of 2011. Men to females ratio appears much higher in the European Region, where heterosexual contact leads the transmission mode, mainly due to the heterosexual contact infections in the East.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
HIV, Europe, trends, AIDS
