General information
1. Name/organization: Lux Vitae - Quality of Life Improvement Center, Pula
2. Country: Croatia
3. Population (year): 4.290.612 (2011)
4. Income (GDP/capita): 69.866 billion USD / 15.733 USD
5. EU-membership: candidate country
6. Global Fund recipient: Yes
Round 2, from 2003 till 2006. Croatia has a low-level HIV epidemic, concentrated among populations with high-risk behavior. The program supported by this grant benefits people living with HIV and other vulnerable populations. The grant has enabled the delivery of targeted, peer-based HIV prevention and care services and the enhancement of psychosocial assistance for people living with HIV. The program has also contributed to expanding access to voluntary counseling and testing services and improvement of the national HIV surveillance system. http://portfolio.theglobalfund.org/en/Grant/Index/HRV-202-G01-H-00
7. Number of registered PLWHIV: 862 (end 2010), Croatian National Institute for Public Health
8. Number of registered AIDS cases: 325 (end 2010)
9. Number of AIDS-related deaths: 176 (end 2010)
10. Number of patients on ARV: 494 (end 2010), University Hospital for Infectious Diseases Zagreb
11. Estimated figures (UNAIDS, national estimates etc): Three times more (estimated)
12. Epidemiological information (way of transmission, age, gender) please include any charts/tables available: 85% men (729), 15% women (133), mostly diagnosed between ages 25 and 49; way of transmission: 51% MSM, 34% hetero, 7% IDU, less then 5% with transfusion or MTCT; http://www.hzjz.hr/publikacije/HIVweb.pdf
13. Number of treatment centers (please include name and address of centers): 1 center: University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Referral center for HIV/AIDS, Mirogojska 8, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia; www.bfm.hr
14. Number of doctors: 2 in policlinic and 2 at the department for HIV