The aim of this side event was to develop and support effective country and regional responses to further improve the current HIV and tuberculosis situations and reduce their impacts on human lives, economy and society.
Location:Helsinki, Finland
Organized by:Northern Dimension Partnership on Public Health and Social Well-being
The Week of Annual Meetings of European Tuberculosis Network was a joint effort of ECDC and its international partners to bring together European TB experts to discuss the common goal of eliminating TB in Europe.
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains one of the most important communicable diseases in Europe. It is an infection associated with serious disease, persistently high costs of treatment and care, significant number of deaths and shortened life expectancy.
Since 2008, ECDC and the WHO Regional Office for Europe co-ordinate enhanced HIV/AIDS surveillance in Europe covering all 53 countries in the WHO European Region.