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    The HIV epidemic is growing across nearly all countries in the Middle East and north Africa.1 The region has seen a 61% increase in new HIV infections from 2010 to 2022, the highest regional rate of increase in the world.2 The epidemic is disproportionately affecting vulnerable and stigmatised populations, namely people who inject drugs, men who have sex with men, transgender people, and female sex workers.1 HIV prevalence has been increasing for two decades in these key populations in the Middle East and north Africa.

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    The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) are working to better understand HIV knowledge and attitudes in healthcare settings. A survey is being conducted to measure knowledge and attitudes towards HIV in the healthcare setting across the European Region. The responses will help identify the needs and priorities of both healthcare workers and people living with HIV so that we can reduce HIV-related negative attitudes and behaviour in

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    Author links open overlay panel Mirjam Faes Hesse MA 1, Peter W. Schreiber MD 1, Ashlesha Sonpar MD 1, Aline Wolfensberger MD 1 2 This study – being part of the project entitled “Polycationic Antimicrobial Coatings to Reduce Healthcare Associated Infections in Hospitals” (REF 40076.1 IP-LS) – was funded by Innosuisse, with the University Hospital Zurich, the University of Zurich, and the University of Fribourg as research partners, and Livinguard Technologies AG as an industrial partner. Neither the

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