WHO: new HIV cases rise to highest level in Europe
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By Agamoni Ghosh
The European Region is battling a record number of newly-diagnosed HIV infections, says a World Health Organization report, with the highest number coming from eastern Europe. The number of new cases diagnosed has more than doubled in the past decade.
In 2014, about 142,197 people were diagnosed with the infection in 50 of the 53 countries of the WHO European Region (includes Russia and other eastern European states), the ‘highest ever’ since reporting began in the 1980s.
“Despite all the efforts to fight HIV, this year the European Region has reached over 142,000 new HIV infections, the highest number ever. This is a serious concern,” said WHO Regional Director for Europe, Zsuzsanna Jakab, in a press release. Data released by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO indicates that in 2013 there were 136,235 new infections and last year the report listed 142,197 new cases, a 4.4% annual increase.
Of the total number of new cases dete...
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