Hiv nel Regno Unito
Hiv nel Regno Unito
Nel Regno Unito, nel 2010, le nuove diagnosi di Hiv sono state 6.654. Un dato che regala a questo paese un triste primato tra gli Stati Membri dell’UE. Inoltre, i nuovi casi di Aids sono stati 635. Mentre, 305 i decessi legati a questa Sindrome da Immunodeficienza Acquisita. E’ quanto segnalato dall’Oms Europa, che ha recentemente diffuso tutti i profili nazionali in materia.
UNITED KINGDOM
(pop. 62 026 960)
By the end of 2010, a cumulative total of 115 391 HIV cases had been reported by the United
Kingdom to the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention
and Control (ECDC). Among these, 26 913 had developed AIDS and 15 635 had died. For the year
2010 alone, 6 654 new HIV cases, 635 new AIDS cases and 305 deaths among AIDS cases were
reported. The United Kingdom reported the highest number of new HIV diagnoses in the EU in 2010.
The rate of newly diagnosed HIV infections was 10.7 per 100 000 population in 2010 (the third
highest in the EU after Estonia and Latvia). Among the newly diagnosed HIV infections with
information about transmission mode (90%), 45% were transmitted via heterosexual contact, 41%
were via sex between men, 2% via injecting drug use and 2% via mother‐to‐child transmission.
Among heterosexually transmitted cases, 61% were from countries with generalized epidemics. By
the end of 2010, the cumulative number of mother‐to‐child HIV transmission cases was 1968,
including 102 in 2010.
Taking undiagnosed infections into account, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
(UNAIDS) and WHO estimate that 85 000 people were living with HIV in United Kingdom in 2009 and
that less than 1000 people died from AIDS related causes.
As of 2010 HIV testing was offered free of charge and 779 643 people over the age of 15 were
reportedly tested for HIV in 2010. According to national HIV testing policies as of 2010, partner
notification was not mandatory.
In 2009, a total of 65 319 people living with HIV were seen for medical care. The number of people
receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) increased from 15 453 in 2002 to 50 292 at the end of 200910.
Of those on ART, 33 249 (66%) were males and 35 823 (71%) were infected via injecting drug use. As
of 2010 ART was provided at 246 facilities.
Sources:
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control/WHO Regional Office for Europe. HIV/AIDS
surveillance in Europe 2010. Stockholm, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2011
(http://www.euro.who.int/en/what‐we‐do/health‐topics/communicable‐
diseases/hivaids/publications/2011/hivaids‐surveillance‐in‐europe‐2010, accessed 30 November
2011).
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic
2010. Geneva, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2010
(http://www.unaids.org/globalreport/documents/20101123_GlobalReport_full_en.pdf; accessed 6
June 2011).
WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF. Global HIV/AIDS response – Epidemic update and health sector progress
towards universal access: progress report 2011. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2011
(http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/progress_report2011/en/index.html, accessed 30 November 2011).
WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF. Monitoring and reporting on the health sector response to HIV/AIDS; United
Kingdom country report 2010. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2011.
European Commission: Eurostat [web site]. European Union, 2011
(http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home/, accessed 12 October 2011
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UNITED KINGDOM
(pop. 62 026 960)
By the end of 2010, a cumulative total of 115 391 HIV cases had been reported by the United
Kingdom to the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention
and Control (ECDC). Among these, 26 913 had developed AIDS and 15 635 had died. For the year
2010 alone, 6 654 new HIV cases, 635 new AIDS cases and 305 deaths among AIDS cases were
reported. The United Kingdom reported the highest number of new HIV diagnoses in the EU in 2010.
The rate of newly diagnosed HIV infections was 10.7 per 100 000 population in 2010 (the third
highest in the EU after Estonia and Latvia). Among the newly diagnosed HIV infections with
information about transmission mode (90%), 45% were transmitted via heterosexual contact, 41%
were via sex between men, 2% via injecting drug use and 2% via mother‐to‐child transmission.
Among heterosexually transmitted cases, 61% were from countries with generalized epidemics. By
the end of 2010, the cumulative number of mother‐to‐child HIV transmission cases was 1968,
including 102 in 2010.
Taking undiagnosed infections into account, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
(UNAIDS) and WHO estimate that 85 000 people were living with HIV in United Kingdom in 2009 and
that less than 1000 people died from AIDS related causes.
As of 2010 HIV testing was offered free of charge and 779 643 people over the age of 15 were
reportedly tested for HIV in 2010. According to national HIV testing policies as of 2010, partner
notification was not mandatory.
In 2009, a total of 65 319 people living with HIV were seen for medical care. The number of people
receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) increased from 15 453 in 2002 to 50 292 at the end of 200910.
Of those on ART, 33 249 (66%) were males and 35 823 (71%) were infected via injecting drug use. As
of 2010 ART was provided at 246 facilities.
Sources:
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control/WHO Regional Office for Europe. HIV/AIDS
surveillance in Europe 2010. Stockholm, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2011
(http://www.euro.who.int/en/what‐we‐do/health‐topics/communicable‐
diseases/hivaids/publications/2011/hivaids‐surveillance‐in‐europe‐2010, accessed 30 November
2011).
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic
2010. Geneva, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2010
(http://www.unaids.org/globalreport/documents/20101123_GlobalReport_full_en.pdf; accessed 6
June 2011).
WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF. Global HIV/AIDS response – Epidemic update and health sector progress
towards universal access: progress report 2011. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2011
(http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/progress_report2011/en/index.html, accessed 30 November 2011).
WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF. Monitoring and reporting on the health sector response to HIV/AIDS; United
Kingdom country report 2010. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2011.
European Commission: Eurostat [web site]. European Union, 2011
(http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home/, accessed 12 October 2011
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