The epidemiological situation of HIV/AIDS in Albania

By Dr. Lumturi MERKURI, Dr. Marjeta DERVISHI

Abstract

HIV infection continues to be a global public health problem, despite advances in HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care. Data from the UNAIDS report, 2020, estimates that in 2019, globally 38 million people were living with HIV, and 690,000 people died of AIDS. The European HIV/AIDS Surveillance, 2019, shows that the number of new HIV cases has increased and HIV infection remains a problem in the European region as well. Epidemiological data of the Institute of Public Health, in Albania 2019, report 1298 cases of HIV infection with an increasing trend of cases.

How to cite: Merkuri, L., & Dervishi, M. (2020). The epidemiological situation of HIV/AIDS in Albania. Medicus, 4(2), 5–12.

https://doi.org/10.58944/ssie9291