Elena Vovc

ORCID: 0000-0003-0826-4898
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Research Areas
  • HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Reproductive tract infections research
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
  • Hepatitis C virus research

World Health Organization - Pakistan
2023

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
2019-2022

World Health Organization - Denmark
2018

In 2016, WHO launched the Global Health Sector Strategy on STIs, 2016-2021 (GHSS) to provide guidance and benchmarks for country achievement by 2020 four global targets 2030.A survey jointly developed experienced technical personnel at Headquarters (HQ) regional offices was reviewed distributed advisors 194 Member States in September-March 2020. The sought assess implementation prioritization of STI policy, surveillance, service delivery, commodity availability, surveillance based GHSS.A...

10.1371/journal.pone.0263550 article EN public-domain PLoS ONE 2022-05-04

The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is the largest HIV program globally, serving roughly 58% of estimated 28.7 million people with (PWH) on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 2021 [1,2]. Tuberculosis (TB) remains leading cause death among PWH; an 46% TB cases are undiagnosed at time death, emphasizing challenge detection this population [3]. WHO four-symptom screen every clinical encounter primary case finding strategy implemented PEPFAR. Recent data show 87% PWH were...

10.1097/qad.0000000000003677 article EN AIDS 2023-09-27

Background: Much progress was done in increasing coverage of HIV care lower middle-income countries (LMCs) the WHO European Region over past decade: number PLHIV receiving life-saving antiretroviral therapy (ART) increased; new medicines, technologies and service delivery models were introduced. These successes should not overshadow existing challenges. We intended to analyze ART coverage, viral suppression, policies place identify key challenges actions needed LMCs Europe. Methods &...

10.1016/j.ijid.2018.04.3887 article EN cc-by-nc-nd International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2018-07-27

HIV epidemics in the EU/EEA (European Union/European Economic Area ) are increasingly diverse terms of transmission modes and people affected. This systematic search review synthesises evidence on vulnerable migrants living this region (including but not limited to with irregular status). Review findings show that many carry a higher burden than general population. Of concern high proportions post-migration acquisition (about 40% across various studies), risk remaining undiagnosed or being...

10.2139/ssrn.3815670 article EN SSRN Electronic Journal 2021-01-01
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