Trends in HIV/AIDS morbidity and mortality in Eastern Mediterranean countries, 1990-2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

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2018-05Author
Mokdad, Ali H.
El Bcheraoui, Charbel
Wang, Haidong
Charara, Raghid
Khalil, Ibrahim
Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar
Afshin, Ashkan
Collison, Michael
Daoud, Farah
Chew, Adrienne
Krohn, Kristopher J.
Carter, Austin
Foreman, Kyle J.
He, Fei
Kassebaum, Nicholas J.
Kutz, Michael
Mirarefin, Mojde
Nguyen, Grant
Silpakit, Naris
Sligar, Amber
Abajobir, Amanuel Alemu
Abate, Kalkidan Hassen
Abbas, Kaja M.
Abd-Allah, Foad
Abera, Semaw Ferede
Adane, Kelemework
Agarwal, Arnav
Kiadaliri, Aliasghar Ahmad
Ahmadi, Alireza
Ahmed, Muktar Beshir
Al Lami, Faris Hasan
Alam, Khurshid
Alasfoor, Deena
Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza
Al-Maskari, Fatma
Al-Raddadi, Rajaa
Altirkawi, Khalid A.
Alvis-Guzman, Nelson
Ammar, Walid
Anber, Nahla
Antonio, Carl Abelardo T.
Anwari, Palwasha
Asayesh, Hamid
Asghar, Rana Jawad
Atey, Tesfay Mehari
Avokpaho, Euripide Frinel G. Arthur
Ayele, Tadesse Awoke
Azzopardi, Peter
Bacha, Umar
Barac, Aleksandra
Baernighausen, Till
Bazargan-Hejazi, Shahrzad
Geffen, David
Bedi, Neeraj
Bensenor, Isabela M.
Berhane, Adugnaw
Bessong, Pascal Obong
Beyene, Addisu Shunu
Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
Birungi, Charles
Butt, Zahid A.
Cahuana-Hurtado, Lucero
Danawi, Hadi
das Neves, Jose
Deribe, Kebede
Deribew, Amare
Jarlais, Don C. Des
Dharmaratne, Samath D.
Djalalinia, Shirin
Doyle, Kerrie E.
Endries, Aman Yesuf
Eshrati, Babak
Faraon, Emerito Jose Aquino
Farvid, Maryam S.
Fereshtehnejad, Seyed-Mohammad
Feyissa, Tesfaye Regassa
Fischer, Florian
Garcia-Basteiro, Alberto L.
Gebrehiwot, Tsegaye Tewelde
Gesesew, Hailay Abrha
Gishu, Melkamu Dedefo
Glaser, Elizabeth
Gona, Philimon N.
Gugnani, Harish Chander
Gupta, Rahul
Bidgoli, Hassan Haghparast
Hailu, Gessessew Bugssa
Hamadeh, Randah Ribhi
Hambisa, Mitiku Teshome
Hamidi, Samer
Harb, Hilda L.
Hareri, Habtamu Abera
Horita, Nobuyuki
Husseini, Abdullatif
Ibrahim, Ahmed
James, Spencer Lewis
Jonas, Jost B.
Kasaeian, Amir
Kassaw, Nigussie Assefa
Khader, Yousef Saleh
Khan, Ejaz Ahmad
Khan, Gulfaraz
Khoja, Abdullah Tawfih Abdullah
Khubchandani, Jagdish
Kim, Yun Jin
Koyanagi, Ai
Defo, Barthelemy Kuate
Larson, Heidi J.
Latif, Asma Abdul
Leshargie, Cheru Tesema
Lunevicius, Raimundas
Abd El Razek, Mohammed Magdy
Majdzadeh, Reza
Majeed, Azeem
Malekzadeh, Reza
Manyazewal, Tsegahun
Markos, Desalegn
Farid, Habibolah Masoudi
Mehari, Alem
Mekonnen, Alemayehu B.
Memiah, Peter
Memish, Ziad A.
Mendoza, Walter
Mengesha, Melkamu Merid
Mengistu, Desalegn Tadese
Mezgebe, Haftay Berhane
Mhimbira, Francis Apolinary
Miller, Ted R.
Moore, Ami R.
Mumtaz, Ghina R.
Natarajan, Gopalakrishnan
Negin, Joel
Obermeyer, Carla Makhlouf
Ogbo, Felix Akpojene
Oh, In-Hwan
Ota, Erika
Pereira, David M.
Pourmalek, Farshad
Qorbani, Mostafa
Radfar, Amir
Rafay, Anwar
Rahimi-Movaghar, Vafa
Rai, Rajesh Kumar
Ram, Usha
Rawaf, David Laith
Rawaf, Salman
Renzaho, Andre M. N.
Rezaei, Satar
Rezai, Mohammad Sadegh
Roba, Hirbo Shore
Roshandel, Gholamreza
Safdarian, Mahdi
Safiri, Saeid
Sahraian, Mohammad Ali
Salamati, Payman
Samy, Abdallah M.
Sartorius, Benn
Sepanlou, Sadaf G.
Shaikh, Masood Ali
Shamsizadeh, Morteza
Sibamo, Ephrem Lejore Sibamo
Singh, Jasvinder A.
Sobaih, Badr H. A.
Soshnikov, Sergey
Sufiyan, Muawiyyah Babale
Sykes, Bryan L.
Taveira, Nuno
Tegegne, Teketo Kassaw
Tehrani-Banihashemi, Arash
Tekelab, Tesfalidet
Shifa, Girma Temam
Temsah, Mohamad-Hani
Tesssema, Belay
Topor-Madry, Roman
Ukwaja, Kingsley Nnanna
Uthman, Olalekan A.
Vollset, Stein Emil
Wadilo, Fiseha
Wakayo, Tolassa
Alebachew, Minyahil
Workicho, Abdulhalik
Workie, Shimelash Bitew
Yaghoubi, Mohsen
Yalew, Ayalnesh Zemene
Yimam, Hassen Hamid
Yonemoto, Naohiro
Yoon, Seok-Jun
Yotebieng, Marcel
Younis, Mustafa Z.
Zaki, Maysaa El Sayed
Jumaan, Aisha O.
Vos, Theo
Hay, Simon I.
Naghavi, Mohsen
Murray, Christopher J. L.
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We used the results of the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study to estimate trends of HIV/AIDS burden in Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) countries between 1990 and 2015. Tailored estimation methods were used to produce final estimates of mortality. Years of life lost (YLLs) were calculated by multiplying the mortality rate by population by age-specific life expectancy. Years lived with disability (YLDs) were computed as the prevalence of a sequela multiplied by its disability weight. In 2015, the rate of HIV/AIDS deaths in the EMR was 1.8 (1.4-2.5) per 100,000 population, a 43% increase from 1990 (0.3; 0.2-0.8). Consequently, the rate of YLLs due to HIV/AIDS increased from 15.3 (7.6-36.2) per 100,000 in 1990 to 81.9 (65.3-114.4) in 2015. The rate of YLDs increased from 1.3 (0.6-3.1) in 1990 to 4.4 (2.7-6.6) in 2015. HIV/AIDS morbidity and mortality increased in the EMR since 1990. To reverse this trend and achieve epidemic control, EMR countries should strengthen HIV surveillance, and scale up HIV antiretroviral therapy and comprehensive prevention services.