Open Access<p>Epidemiology of HIV Infection in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia, 2015 to 2018 Surveillance Data Analysis</p>
Author(s) -
Etsehiwot Debe Worku,
Mulusew Andualem Asemahagn,
Melese Linger Endalifer
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
hiv/aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1373
DOI - 10.2147/hiv.s253194
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , population , medicine , demography , public health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , epidemiology , descriptive statistics , environmental health , geography , immunology , statistics , physics , nursing , mathematics , sociology , optics
Globally, over 37.9 million people are living with HIV in 2018 and sub-Saharan Africa carries 71% of the global HIV epidemics. In Ethiopia, there were an estimated 613,000 HIV cases in 2017. This study aimed to assess the trend of HIV incidence in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia.