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Availability of HIV surveillance data in key populations in the countries of the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region

OBJECTIVES: To present an assessment of key components and results of HIV surveillance activities relevant for understanding HIV epidemics in the countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region among key populations (KPs), which include men who have sex with men (MSM),...

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Autores principales: Bozicevic, Ivana, Sharifi, Hamid, Haghdoost, AliAkbar, Sabry, Ahmed, Hermez, Joumana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9174059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35533830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.05.003
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author Bozicevic, Ivana
Sharifi, Hamid
Haghdoost, AliAkbar
Sabry, Ahmed
Hermez, Joumana
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Sharifi, Hamid
Haghdoost, AliAkbar
Sabry, Ahmed
Hermez, Joumana
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description OBJECTIVES: To present an assessment of key components and results of HIV surveillance activities relevant for understanding HIV epidemics in the countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region among key populations (KPs), which include men who have sex with men (MSM), sex workers, people who inject drugs and transgender people. METHODS: We examined HIV surveillance data submitted by the National AIDS Programmes of all 22 countries of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region via an online database hosted by the WHO since 2011. We also examined journal articles available on PubMed and technical reports on surveillance activities. RESULTS: Recent (i.e., since 2017) estimates of HIV indicators from integrated bio-behavioral surveys (IBBS) were available from only four countries (Lebanon, Morocco, Somalia, and Tunisia) and population size estimates from two (Afghanistan and Morocco). IBBS indicated an increase in HIV prevalence among KPs in Pakistan, among people who inject drugs and female sex workers in Tunisia, and among MSM in Lebanon. Information on size estimations of KPs was available from 11 countries, and population size estimation data since 2017 had been collected in only Afghanistan and Morocco. CONCLUSION: Although some countries have been able to progressively expand HIV strategic information systems, there were still few or no HIV data on KPs in almost a third of the countries.
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spelling pubmed-91740592022-08-01 Availability of HIV surveillance data in key populations in the countries of the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region Bozicevic, Ivana Sharifi, Hamid Haghdoost, AliAkbar Sabry, Ahmed Hermez, Joumana Int J Infect Dis Review OBJECTIVES: To present an assessment of key components and results of HIV surveillance activities relevant for understanding HIV epidemics in the countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region among key populations (KPs), which include men who have sex with men (MSM), sex workers, people who inject drugs and transgender people. METHODS: We examined HIV surveillance data submitted by the National AIDS Programmes of all 22 countries of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region via an online database hosted by the WHO since 2011. We also examined journal articles available on PubMed and technical reports on surveillance activities. RESULTS: Recent (i.e., since 2017) estimates of HIV indicators from integrated bio-behavioral surveys (IBBS) were available from only four countries (Lebanon, Morocco, Somalia, and Tunisia) and population size estimates from two (Afghanistan and Morocco). IBBS indicated an increase in HIV prevalence among KPs in Pakistan, among people who inject drugs and female sex workers in Tunisia, and among MSM in Lebanon. Information on size estimations of KPs was available from 11 countries, and population size estimation data since 2017 had been collected in only Afghanistan and Morocco. CONCLUSION: Although some countries have been able to progressively expand HIV strategic information systems, there were still few or no HIV data on KPs in almost a third of the countries. Elsevier 2022-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9174059/ /pubmed/35533830 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.05.003 Text en © 2022 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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Sharifi, Hamid
Haghdoost, AliAkbar
Sabry, Ahmed
Hermez, Joumana
Availability of HIV surveillance data in key populations in the countries of the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region
title Availability of HIV surveillance data in key populations in the countries of the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region
title_full Availability of HIV surveillance data in key populations in the countries of the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region
title_fullStr Availability of HIV surveillance data in key populations in the countries of the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region
title_full_unstemmed Availability of HIV surveillance data in key populations in the countries of the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region
title_short Availability of HIV surveillance data in key populations in the countries of the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region
title_sort availability of hiv surveillance data in key populations in the countries of the world health organization eastern mediterranean region
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9174059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35533830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.05.003
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