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 Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers  AIDS epidemic could hit southeastern Europe: World Bank THU Jul 10 2003 14:20:43 ET Washington (dpa) - An HIV/AIDS epidemic threatens to hit southeastern Europe, the World Bank warned in a report focussing on Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania on Thursday. A rapid increase in HIV-infection was driven by rising poverty, unemployment and social change, worsening health and educational services, and increased drug use and prostitution, the report said. The epidemic was initially driven by the use of tainted blood in Romanian hospitals from 1988-91 as well as ;the large numbers of youth who inject drugs throughout the region,'' the report said. The increase in sexual risk behaviour and low levels of knowledge about HIV/AIDS have set the stage for crossover to the general population, the bank warned. ;The impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic is only now beginning to be felt in the Europe and Central Asia region,'' where 1.2 million people are now HIV-positive, co-author Dominic Haazen said ;Without effective preventive efforts, morbidity and mortality caused by HIV/AIDS may grow significantly in the next five to 10 years,'' he added. Romania has reported 12,559 HIV infections by mid-2002. Bulgaria has recorded just 366 HIV cases since 1987, and Croatia's official figure was 341 in late 2001, the bank said. |
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