PHWR Public Health Weekly Report

Vol.15 No.11, March 17, 2022 Article TypeEpidemiology and SurveillanceNoncommunicable Disease Statistics

• Epidemiology and Surveillance 2022-03-17

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  HIV testing and new HIV diagnoses in the Republic of Korea, 2016-2020

  Yeonju Kim, Eonjoo Park, Yoonhee Jung, Koun Kim, Taeyoung Kim, Hwa Su Kim, Hoyong Choi

  Public Health Weekly Report 2022; 15(11): 709-714

  

  

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  Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) tests and consultation from public centers, and hospitals and clinics were reduced as COVID-19 pandemic continued. Here, we report the yearly trends of HIV tests and new diagnoses in the Republic of Korea from 2016 to 2020, and the statistics are classified by types of HIV testing facilities. HIV testing decreased by 4.5% in 2020 (7,638,191 tests) compared to the tests conducted in 2019 (8,002,268 tests). The number of HIV tests conducted in hospitals and clinics were slightly increased by 2.7% in 2020 compared to 2019. In contrast, HIV testing decreased largely from public health centers by 59.4%, and also decreased from at the Korea Federation for HIV/AIDS Prevention by 23.5% in 2020, compared to 2019. In 2020, 1,016 new HIV cases were reported, which was a 16.9% decrease compared to 1,222 new HIV diagnoses in 2019. The largest decrease of new HIV diagnoses was reported from public health centers: a decrease of 54.8% in 2020 compared to that in 2019. New HIV diagnoses from hospitals and clinics were decreased by 2.9% only in 2020 compared to 2019. HIV testing and new HIV diagnoses in the Republic of Korea decreased in 2020, and the greatest decrease was found in cases reported from public health centers compared to other facilities. It was suggested that vulnerable groups who prefer to take HIV tests or have HIV consultations from public health centers take fewer tests and were greatly affected by COVID-19 pandemic

• Noncommunicable Disease Statistics 2022-03-17

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  Trends in intake of saturated fatty acid, 2013-2020

  Public Health Weekly Report 2022; 15(11): 715-716

  

  

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