HSE, Health Protection Surveillance Centre. (2017) HIV in Ireland, 2016. Dublin: Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
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There were 508 new diagnoses of HIV in Ireland in 2016, representing a rate of 10.7 per 100,000 population. The total number of HIV diagnoses increased by 5% between 2015 and 2016.
There were 21 diagnoses among people who inject drugs (PWID), a decrease from the numbers in 2014 and 2015 when there was an outbreak of HIV in Dublin among homeless drug users (4, 5).
Item Type
Report
Publication Type
Irish-related, Report
Drug Type
Substances (not alcohol/tobacco), Opioid
Intervention Type
Harm reduction
Date
October 2017
Pages
23 p.
Publisher
Health Protection Surveillance Centre
Corporate Creators
HSE, Health Protection Surveillance Centre
Place of Publication
Dublin
EndNote
Accession Number
HRB (Electronic Only)
Subjects
G Health and disease > Disease by cause (Aetiology) > Communicable / infectious disease > HIV
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Health related issues > Health information and education > Communicable / infectious disease control
T Demographic characteristics > Person who injects drugs (Intravenous / injecting)
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Health related issues > Health information and education > Communicable / infectious disease control
T Demographic characteristics > Person who injects drugs (Intravenous / injecting)
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
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