EuroHIV publishes latest data on HIV/AIDS surveillance in Europe

The European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS (EuroHIV programme – http://www.eurohiv.org/) has published its latest half-yearly surveillance report (1). The report contains information on cases of AIDS and newly diagnosed HIV infections reported by 30 June 2001 in the 51 countries of the World Health Organization’s European Region, together with data on HIV prevalence among injecting drug users (IDUs) in 20 countries for 1996-2000. For the purposes of this report, the 51 countries have been grouped into three areas – the West, the Centre, and the East – and most data are presented and discussed in this context.