A global analysis of trends in the quality of HIV sero-surveillance

Sexually Transmitted Infections
J M Garcia-CallejaN Walker

Abstract

To examine the quality of HIV sero-surveillance systems in countries by 2002, as well as trends between 1995 and 2002. The quality of countries' surveillance systems was scored for five years: 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2002. Sero-surveillance data were compiled from the US Census Bureau's HIV/AIDS Surveillance Database, the EuroHIV database, and from countries' national HIV surveillance reports that were available to WHO/UNAIDS. The quality of systems was scored according to the level of the countries' epidemic. There has been a large variation in the quality of HIV surveillance systems across the 132 countries by type of the epidemic and over time from 1995 to 2002. Over the 1995-2002 period the number of countries with a fully implemented system decreased from 57 (43%) in 1995 to 48 (36%) in 2002. The proportion of countries with a fully implemented system was 58%, 34%, and 10% in countries with a generalised, concentrated, and low level epidemic, respectively. In the 53 countries with generalised epidemics the number of countries with a fully implemented system increased from 24 (45%) in 2001 to 31 (58%) in 2002. Many countries still have poor functioning HIV surveillance systems and require urgent strengthening. Countries...Continue Reading

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