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PRESS RELEASE
WORLD AIDS DAY: Concerning number of HIV infections going undiagnosed, shows new data from ECDC & WHO Europe
Countries must concentrate on reaching key populations
November 30, 2021 —The findings of the report clearly show that the HIV pandemic is not over. While progress has been made, global targets for 2020 were not met and there is a real danger that the 2030 Goals will not be achieved either.
The mode of transmission varies across the Region, with sexual transmission between men as the most common mode in the EU/EEA, while heterosexual transmission and injecting drug use were the main reported transmission modes in the eastern part of the European Region.
Some important groups and populations, including children and men, are not being sufficiently reached by HIV testing, prevention, and care services. These inequalities have been further compounded by complications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Countries need to focus on user-friendly prevention and testing services, with a focus on reaching key populations. These could be assisted partner notification, PrEP, HIV testing performed by trained lay providers and self-testing in line with ECDC guidance and WHO recommendations.
On World AIDS Day 2021, WHO is calling on global leaders and citizens to rally to confront inequalities and reach people left behind to overcome the growing disparities in access to essential HIV services.
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Source: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/world-aids-day-concerning-number-hiv-infections-going-undiagnosed-shows-new-data-ecdc
Contact:
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Gustav III:s boulevard 40, 169 73 Solna, Sweden
Phone +46 (0)8 58 60 16 78
www.ecdc.europa.eu
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