11th European Advanced HIV Course

HIV Infection in Greece

Aristotelis Tsiakalos, MD, PhD

Prevalence of HIV infection in Greece until 2011: 7.4/100 000 population

AIDS cases per 100.000 population

A period of stability which did not lasted

HIV epidemic in Greece is confined mostly among specific risk groups

Two different groups of population that contribute to the dramatical change of epidemiology in Greece

IDUs

Prostitution

Dramatical change of HIV prevalence among IDUs in Greece

522 new cases out of 1180 (44%)

Financial crisis might be the key point to the increase

Drug users turn from inhaled cocaine to IV cheaper drugs (mostly methamphetamine, heroin)

Common needle use

Increase of prostitution among IDUs

Sickness benefit