Migrant health series: Epidemiology of HIV and AIDS in migrant communities and ethnic minorities in EU/EEA countries

Monitoring
21 Jul 2009
Publication series: Migrant health series
Time period covered: 1999–2006

This document describes the burden of HIV infection in migrant populations and its contribution to the epidemiology of HIV in the period 1999–2006. Data from ECDC/former EuroHIV were used, globally and for each EU/EEA country, and absolute numbers and percentages of cases of AIDS and HIV were examined by geographical origin and year, stratified by sex and transmission categories.

This report is part of the ECDC Report on migration and infectious diseases in the EU, a series of documents presenting data analysis, evidence summary, interpretation and guidance on interventions in the field of migration and selected infectious diseases.