Eastern Europe the epicentre of growing HIV epidemic
Posted on October 15, 2012 / Comments Off
While HIV/Aids infection rates are falling globally, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the epidemic is gaining momentum in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) — a trend experts blame on harsh government policies and discrimination in healthcare.
“In most post-Soviet countries [in particular], where HIV remains concentrated among injecting drug users, harsh policies and discrimination in healthcare settings continue to cripple the AIDS response,” said Daniel Wolfe, director of the International Harm Reduction Development Programme at the Open Society Foundations.
