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Substantial impact of the HIV pandemic on migrant populations in Europe

Author(s) -

F F Hamers,

J Alix,

Angela M. Downs

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

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Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 9999-1233

DOI - 10.2807/esw.06.29.01922-en

Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pandemic , covid-19 , medicine , european region , demography , political science , geography , virology , sociology , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , regional science

An increasing and disproportionate share of the newly diagnosed HIV infections in Europe – at least in the west – is in migrants, especially in those from sub-Saharan Africa. This was the main conclusion of an analysis of European HIV case reporting data, presented to the XIV International AIDS conference in Barcelona last week (7-12 July 2002) (1). Migrant populations are often highly vulnerable to HIV infection and may experience strong barriers to prevention and care (2).

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