Round Up 2

A brief overview of recently published research on issues around HIV and migration in Europe. Links to abstracts or full text are provided where possible. Please contact us if you have research items you’d like to see included here. Bibliography of resources on HIV-related travel restrictions

The impact of HIV-related restrictions on entry, stay and residence: an annotated bibliography is the UNAIDS conference room paper that accompanies the work of the International Task Team. Increased attendances of people of eastern European origin at sexual health services in London


Sexually Transmitted Infections - 2009 Feb; 85(1):75-8.
This article describes recent increases in the use of London sexual health services by migrants from Eastern Europe, and discusses the need for services to adapt quickly to meet the need of this population. Health systems' responses to 25 years of HIV in Europe: inequities persist and challenges remain

Health Policy 86 (2-3) May 2008: 181-194
This article analyses different policy and health system responses to HIV in Europe over the last 25 years. Newsletter | February 2009 4 Co-funded by the European Union under the Programme of Community Action in the Field of Public Health 2003- 2008/Executive Agency for Health and Consumers.

United Kingdom acquisition of HIV infection in African residents in London:
more than previously thought.
AIDS. 2009 Jan 14; 23(2):262-6 HIV prevention interventions for Africans must focus on reducing transmission within the UK as well as addressing infections acquired abroad.

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