Abstract
The aim of the paper is to provide an overview of HIV case reporting data for the year 2011 from the countries of the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region (WHO EMR).Fourteen countries provided data for the year 2011 and reported a total of 4263 HIV cases of which 66.8% were men. The highest number of reported HIV cases in men per 100,000 population was in Oman (5.8), Somalia (5.5) and Iran (3.3), while in women in Somalia (7.6), Oman (3.9) and Morocco (2.4).In the majority of the countries, the most common reported mode of transmission was heterosexual. This could be due to under-reporting of male-to-male transmission and more frequent testing of men than women.
Highlights
In 2011, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 561,261 (414,711Á802,311) people were living with HIV in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region (WHO EMR) [1]
A review of development and results of the national HIV surveillance systems of the countries of the WHO EMR found that the performance of HIV surveillance systems in several of the countries has improved in recent years but that the extent of HIV epidemics in the populations most at risk of HIV is still largely unknown in 10 countries [2]
The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the most recent results of the HIV case reporting systems in the WHO EMR countries for the year 2011
Summary
In 2011, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 561,261 (414,711Á802,311) people were living with HIV in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region (WHO EMR) [1]. HIV case reporting is one of the key components of HIV surveillance. WHO recommends that all countries strengthen their HIV case reporting systems in order to better estimate treatment and care needs and support public health policies for prevention of HIV epidemic [3]. The WHO Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) recommends that the countries collect the following variables on the form for reporting a case of HIV infection: sex, age, mode of HIV transmission and stage of HIV infection based on clinical, and wherever possible, immunological criteria
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