AIDS infections are increasing in Eastern Europe and decreasing in the West

World public health experts said last year that more than 130,000 people had been diagnosed with HIV in Eastern Europe, the highest rate ever recorded in the region. New HIV infections in Western Europe.

The incidence of HIV infection in the European Union and in the European Economic Area decreased in 2017.

The European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO) reported having diagnosed around 160,000 people in Europe, including HIV, HIV and AIDS. 39, last year.

"It's hard to talk about good news in another year that has seen an unacceptably high number of people infected with HIV," said Susana Jacab, director of the regional office of the WHO. She called on governments and health officials to recognize the seriousness of the situation.

UNAIDS warned in July that inaction had begun to disrupt the fight against the disease in the world and that progress was not being achieved. Around 37 million people are infected with HIV worldwide.

According to the World Health Organization, the European region has 53 countries and nearly 900 million inhabitants. Some 508 million of them live in the 28 EU Member States, alongside Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

Since the outbreak of the disease in the 1980s, more than 77 million people have been infected with HIV worldwide. Nearly half of them, or 35.4 million, died as a result of the disease.

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