HEALTH MANAGEMENT POLICIES AIMED AT PREVENTING THE PROLIFERATION OF HBV, HCV AND HIV INFECTIONS IN EUROPE AND ROMANIA.

The paper addresses the issue of global progresses in reducing viral hepatitis' and HIV's incidences, acknowledged as a top priority on the agenda of European health systems. Starting from the data provided by the Surveillance Atlas of Infectious Diseases, we have analysed Pearson correlations among the HVB, HVC and HIV infection rates per 100,000 inhabitants. Thus, we have identified two significant correlations: the first one was established between HIV infection rate and HVC infection rate, while the second association had relevance for the relationship between the HVB infection rate and the HVC infection rate. The amount of experience accumulated at an international level has shown that HVB, HVC and HIV infections should be handled efficiently through: early detecting of positive individuals; maintaining contact with risk groups and providing proper counselling services; implementing treatments that determine, on a long term, the decrease of the number of illnesses; increasing patients' life quality etc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]