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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 28, 2014; 20(36): 12734-12752
Published online Sep 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i36.12734
Potential for human immunodeficiency virus parenteral transmission in the Middle East and North Africa: An analysis using hepatitis C virus as a proxy biomarker
Yousra A Mohamoud, Laith J Abu-Raddad, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation - Education City, Doha 24144, Qatar
F DeWolfe Miller, Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States
Laith J Abu-Raddad, Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY 11213, United States
Laith J Abu-Raddad, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, United States
Author contributions: Mohamoud YA and Abu-Raddad LJ conducted the literature review and data retrieval; Mohamoud YA conducted analysis and wrote the first draft of the paper; Miller FD contributed to the analysis and drafting of the article; Abu-Raddad LJ conceived and led the design of the study, analysis, and drafting of the article; all authors contributed to discussion of the results and writing of the manuscript.
Supported by NPRP grant from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of Qatar Foundation), No. NPRP 04-924-3-251; and the Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Biomathematics Research Core at the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
Correspondence to: Laith J Abu-Raddad, PhD, Associate Professor, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar, Qatar Foundation - Education City, Doha 24144, Qatar. lja2002@qatar-med.cornell.edu
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Received: December 12, 2013
Revised: February 20, 2014
Accepted: May 28, 2014
Published online: September 28, 2014

Abstract

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has endured several major events of infection parenteral transmission. Recent work has established the utility of using hepatitis C virus (HCV) as a proxy biomarker for assessing the epidemic potential for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) parenteral transmission. In this review, we use data on the prevalence of HCV infection antibody (seroprevalence) among general population and high risk population groups to assess the potential for HIV parenteral transmission in MENA. Relatively low prevalence of HCV infection in the general population groups was reported in most MENA countries indicating that parenteral HIV transmission at endemic levels does not appear to be a cause for concern. Nonetheless, there could be opportunities for localized HIV outbreaks and transmission of other blood-borne infections in some settings such as healthcare facilities. Though there have been steady improvements in safety measures related to parenteral modes of transmission in the region, these improvements have not been uniform across all countries. More precautions, including infection control training programs, surveillance systems for nosocomial infections and wider coverage and evaluation of hepatitis B virus immunization programs need to be implemented to avoid the unnecessary spread of HIV, HCV, and other blood-borne pathogens along the parenteral modes of transmission.

Key Words: Hepatitis C virus, Human immunodeficiency virus, Parenteral transmission, Middle East and North Africa, Proxy biomarker

Core tip: The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has witnessed several major events of parenterally transmitted infections. Recent studies of hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemiology established the utility of using HCV as a proxy biomarker for assessing the potential for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) parenteral transmission. Building on these novel ideas, we used HCV antibody prevalence data to assess the potential for substantial and/or sustainable HIV parenteral transmission in MENA. We found that HCV prevalence levels are consistent with limited potential for parenteral HIV transmission, but that there could be still opportunities for localized and isolated HIV outbreaks, particularly in formal and informal healthcare settings.



INTRODUCTION

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has endured several major events of parenteral transmission of infectious diseases. These include the world’s largest iatrogenic transmission of a blood-borne pathogen; the hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemic in Egypt during the era of parenteral antischistosomal therapy (PAT)[1], and two human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) outbreaks in renal dialysis centers also in Egypt[2,3]. The region has also witnessed the largest documented nosocomial outbreak in HIV and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) history which occurred in a children’s hospital in Libya and involved 402 children, 19 mothers (through breast feeding), and two nurses[4-6].

Parenteral transmission of blood-borne pathogens has been documented to occur, particularly in resource-limited settings including different MENA countries[7,8]. A few countries in this region such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen, still lack the resources necessary to screen all blood donations and to sterilize medical equipment[9-15]. Public health systems in these countries are over-stretched leading to some lapses in safety measures[16]. Standard precautions are not routinely implemented in public and even less so in private practices such as among dentists[17,18], and in hemodialysis centers[19].

MENA also suffers from a high prevalence of unnecessary medical injections, unnecessary transfusions, reuse of needles and syringes, and scarifications[6,10,11,16,20-24]. At 4.3 per year, this region has the highest rate of injections per person per year of all regions[25]. Injections are the preferred mode of therapy even when alternative modes are equally effective and available[26,27]. Blood transfusions are performed sometimes even without being medically indicated[28]. A considerable fraction of the population reports such procedures, between 6.7% to 14.2% of diverse population groups in Sudan reported having blood transfusion at least once in their lifetime[29-39].

HCV, first identified in 1989, is a blood-borne viral infection[40,41]. It is primarily transmitted through direct percutaneous exposures to blood such as blood transfusions, sharing of needles, and accidental percutaneous occupational exposures[42]. HCV is a major cause of chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma[43], and is the most prevalent transfusion-transmitted infection[44]. It is estimated that 130-170 million people worldwide are infected with HCV[45,46].

Both HIV and HCV are transmitted easily through infected needles[47]. Evidence from needle-stick injury studies suggest that the injection-related transmission probability for HCV is up to 10 times greater than that for HIV[47,48]. Building on this, recent work has established the utility of using HCV antibody prevalence (seroprevalence) as a powerful proxy biomarker for the potential spread of HIV through the parenteral modes of transmission[49-54]. Study findings show, for example, that among a population of people who inject drugs (PWID) if HCV prevalence was less than 30%, then HIV prevalence is likely to be negligible[52-54]. However, if HCV prevalence is greater than 30%, then HIV prevalence would increase progressively with increasing HCV prevalence[52-54]. Accordingly, based on the epidemiological overlap between these two infections, HCV prevalence can inform the potential for HIV parenteral transmission in a population, and predict the size of a potential HIV epidemic. HCV in this regards is a better proxy of parenteral transmissions than hepatitis B virus (HBV) which has other non-parenteral major modes of transmission[55].

Given the history of major events of parenteral transmission of blood-borne pathogens in MENA, and the emerging HIV epidemics among high risk groups[56-58], questions have risen as to whether there is ongoing parenteral HIV transmission in MENA beyond PWID, and whether such transmission explains a fraction of HIV acquisitions where there are no apparent identifiable risk behaviors[59]. To address these questions, given limitations on HIV data, we conducted a review of HCV prevalence among general population and high risk population groups in MENA to assess the potential for HIV parenteral transmission in the region.

This review draws on findings from the MENA HIV/AIDS Synthesis Project, the largest HIV study in MENA to date[58,59]. The project consists of a compilation, synthesis, and analysis of available data on HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and sexual risk behavior across different population groups and the various countries in MENA[59]. In this review we summarize one aspect of the HIV/AIDS Synthesis Project, which is the effort examining the potential for major HIV parenteral transmission in this region.

HCV PREVALENCE AND HIV TRANSMISSION POTENTIAL IN GENERAL POPULATION GROUPS IN MENA

Table 1 summarizes the outcome of our review of HCV prevalence among general population groups. On the whole, low to intermediate levels of HCV prevalence are found among general population groups in most MENA countries. HCV prevalence among blood donors in Afghanistan ranges between 0.3% and 1.9% and between 0.1% and 2.1% in Iran. The prevalence among pregnant women is less than 1% in most MENA countries. These levels are not dissimilar to those found in the Americas, Asia, and Europe[60]. These rather low levels imply that there is a low risk for HIV parenteral transmission among general population groups in the region.

Table 1 Hepatitis C virus prevalence among general population groups in the Middle East and North Africa.
CountryPopulationSeroprevalence (%)Ref.
AfghanistanBlood donors0.3-1.9[123,124]
Pregnant women0.31[125]
AlgeriaBlood donors0.18[126]
Pregnant women0.19-0.63[126,127]
BahrainBlood donors0.3[128]
DjiboutiBlood donors0.3[129]
EgyptArmy recruits22.1[130]
Blood donors2.7-26.6[103,131-140]
Children2.1-12.1[84,94,103,130,141,142]
Family of HCV positive patients0-14[143]
Fire brigade personnel39[103]
General population10-41.9[91,144,145]
Healthy populations5-46.7[95,146-150]
National survey14.7[62]
Pregnant women4.3-19[151-154]
Rural populations2.7-60[90,155-158]
Tourism workers14.3[159]
Visa applicants31.5[95]
IranBlood donors0.1-2.1[114,160-166]
Children0-0.6[167,168]
Family of HCV positive patients1.3[169]
General population0.1-3.1[170]
Healthy populations12.3[171]
IraqPregnant women3.2[172]
KuwaitBlood donors0.8-5.4[173]
Outpatients1[174]
LebanonBlood donors0.4-0.7[175-178]
General population0.7[179]
LibyaBlood donors0.9-6.6[180-183]
Healthy populations1.6-7.9[180,182]
National survey1.2[184]
MoroccoBlood donors0.2-1.1[185-188]
Pregnant women0.5-1[185,189]
OmanBlood donors0.4-1.5[190-193]
PakistanBlood donors0.5-16[64,76,194-201]
Children1.7-2.1[75,76]
Family of HCV positive patients0.4-20.5[202-204]
General population4.7-5.4[64,76]
Healthy adults3[76]
Rural populations4.6-33.7[66,67,121,205,206]
Vaccinated population with smallpox21[67]
Women6.7[205]
PalestineGeneral population2.2[144]
QatarBlood donors0.4-2.8[207,208]
General population0.9[209]
Saudi ArabiaBlood donors0.4-4.6[72,210-218]
Children0.1-1.8[70-72]
General population1.7-3.6[219,220]
Outpatients2.1-22.5[221]
Pregnant women0.1-4.6[72,222,223]
Subjects tested for HCV5.1[210]
SomaliaBlood donors0.6[224]
Blood donors and hospitalized populations2.4[224]
Children0-1.5[73,74]
Healthy populations1-6.5[73,225]
SudanOutpatients3[226]
Pregnant women0.6[227]
SyriaBlood donors0.95[228]
TunisiaBlood donors0.6-1.1[229,230]
General population0.2-1.7[231-233]
TurkeyBlood donors0.2-0.4[234-239]
Controls1.3[240]
Engaged couples0.1[241]
Family of HCV positive patients2[242]
General population0.6-2.3[241,243,244]
Obstetrics and gynecology patients0.9[245]
Outpatients2.2[246]
Rural populations1[247]
Soldiers0.5-0.6[237]
UAEBlood donors0.5-1.10[248,249]
College students0-0.4[250,251]
YemenBlood donors1.1[252]
Healthy populations2.1-4.2[253,254]

Despite the rather low HCV prevalence levels observed in most countries, MENA as a whole appears to have the highest HCV prevalence worldwide[61]. This is largely due to the contribution of the high prevalence found in heavily affected countries specifically Egypt[62,63] and Pakistan[64-67]. The Demographic and Health Survey conducted in Egypt in 2008 estimated a prevalence of 14.7% among individuals 15-59 years[62]. This high level is believed to be a consequence, at least in part, of the world’s largest documented iatrogenic transmission of blood-borne pathogens during the era of PAT mass campaigns in Egypt[1,68]. From the 1950s to the early 1980s, the Egyptian Ministry of Health led large-scale campaigns to control schistosomiasis[68]. Millions of people were treated with intravenous injections of tartar emetic, before an oral drug replaced this standard of care across the country in the 1980s[1]. Reuse of glass syringes and lax sterilization practices during PAT campaigns appear to have caused widespread infection with HCV, such that Egypt today has the world’s highest HCV prevalence[42,46,61,63].

Pakistan appears to also suffer from a high HCV prevalence. A recent meta-analysis pooling 132 studies found HCV prevalence of 3% among blood donors and 4.7% among the general population in Pakistan[64]. Although the reasons behind the high HCV levels in this country remain not well understood, several studies investigated the risk factors associated with HCV infection. Nosocomial exposures including reuse of needles, medical procedures and blood transfusions were reported to be strongly associated with HCV infection in this country[69]. Additionally, community exposures through razor sharing and circumcision by barbers were also identified as risk factors[69]. The high HCV levels and parenteral exposures identified in both Egypt and Pakistan may suggest a potential for some marginal parenteral HIV transmission in these countries.

Parenteral HCV transmission among general population groups in the region appears to be ongoing though largely at low levels. This is highlighted, for example, in studies conducted among children. HCV prevalence among children in Saudi Arabia ranged from 0.1% to 1.8%[70-72] and as high as 1.5% in Somalia[73,74] and 2.1% in Pakistan[75,76]. Studies in Egypt suggest that in addition to vertical transmission, children could have been exposed to HCV horizontally, possibly through household exposures[77-81]. Medical exposures to HCV at a very young age have been also indicated[82-85]. HCV prevalence levels, however, are too low to be indicative of sustainable HIV parenteral transmission, as they are much smaller than the about 30% HCV prevalence threshold indicative of considerable potential for HIV parenteral transmission[52].

HCV PREVALENCE AND HIV TRANSMISSION POTENTIAL IN HIGH RISK GROUPS IN MENA

There are specific populations at higher risk for HCV and HIV parenteral transmission in MENA. Table 2 summarizes the outcome of our review of HCV prevalence among different populations at higher risk of HCV infection. High HCV prevalence is found among hospitalized and clinical populations, which have experienced various facility-based medical procedures such as hemodialysis patients and multi-transfused patients. A recent study in Algeria found HCV prevalence of 30% among hemophiliacs[86]. Incidence studies conducted in Tunisia and Morocco estimate fairly high incidence rates for HCV infection among dialysis patients (2.76 and 9.41 per 100 person-years, respectively)[87,88]. Multiple studies in the region have found strong correlations between HCV infection and different medical procedures, perinatal care, and dental treatment[89-97]. Accordingly, exposures in medical care settings could constitute potential avenues for HIV parenteral transmission.

Table 2 Hepatitis C virus prevalence among different populations at higher risk of hepatitis C virus infection in the Middle East and North Africa.
CountryPopulationSeroprevalence (%)Ref.
AfghanistanPeople who inject drugs36.6[255]
AlgeriaMulti-transfused patients30[86]
BahrainHemodialysis patients7.4-9.24[128,256]
Multi-transfused patients40[257]
EgyptChildren with hepatosplenomegaly16.4[130]
Chronic liver disease patients46.2-73.5[130,258]
Hepatocellular carcinoma patients78.5-84[147,259]
Healthcare workers1.4-7.7[137,260]
Hemodialysis patients46.2-100[130,137,261-263]
People who inject drugs63[145,264]
Jaundice patients27.3[265]
Kidney transplant patients23.3[266]
Multi-transfused patients11.1-81.6[84,103,130,137,267-271]
Prisoners31.4[103]
Sexually transmitted infections patients5.3[272]
IranFemale sex workers2.7[273]
Hepatitis B virus patients12.3[274]
Hemodialysis patients2.9-55.9[160,275-279]
HIV positive patients11.5[280]
Multi-transfused patients5.1-71.3[44,113,160,161,168,277,281-293]
Injecting and non-injecting drug users7.4-80[104,105,164,278,294-299]
Prisoners30-78[104,105,297,300,301]
IraqHIV positive patients66[302]
Multi-transfused patients67.3[303]
JordanMulti-transfused patients40.5[304]
KuwaitHemodialysis patients27-40[305-307]
Multi-transfused patients33[308]
LebanonHealthcare workers2.6[309]
HIV positive patients25[310]
LibyaDiabetics24.4[311]
Healthcare workers2-6.8[180,182,312]
Hemodialysis patients20.5-42.5[180,313]
Multi-transfused patients10.8[180]
MoroccoBarbers1.1-5[99,314]
Hemodialysis patients10.1-76[88,185,315,316]
Multi-transfused patients2.3-42.4[185,316-318]
OmanHemodialysis patients26.5[190]
People who inject drugs11-53[319]
Kidney transplant patients13.4[190]
Medical students0[190]
PakistanHCC patients33[320]
Healthcare workers5.5-31[76,321,322]
Hemodialysis patients68[65,323]
Hospital attendees3.1[324]
Injecting and non-injecting drug users22-91[325-328]
Multi-transfused patients13.2-60.0[329-331]
Patients receiving frequent injections44[332]
Type 2 diabetes patients36[333]
QatarHemodialysis patients44.6[334]
Saudi ArabiaCancer patients11[70]
Chronic liver disease patients63.6[335]
Healthcare workers2.2[336]
Hemodialysis patients6.9-84.6[72,210,219,256,337-343]
Injecting and non-injecting drug users10.5-74.6[72,220]
Multi-transfused patients4.6-78.6[222,344-347]
Non-Hodgkins lymphoma patients21[348]
Schistosomiasis patients17.9[336]
SomaliaChronic liver disease patients40.3[225]
Female sex workers, sexually transmitted infection patients, soldiers, tuberculosis patients1.8[349]
Hospitalized patients2.2[73]
SudanHemodialysis patients19-34[350,351]
Hospital attendees0.4[352]
High schistosomiasis region2.2[353]
SyriaFemale sex workers1.96[228]
Healthcare workers0-6[354]
Hemodialysis patients54.4[355]
People who inject drugs60.5[228]
TunisiaDiabetics1.3[356]
Healthcare workers1[357]
Hemodialysis patients20-46.5[358-361]
HIV positive patients39.7[362]
Multi-transfused patients42-50.5[363-365]
TurkeyBarbers2.8[100]
Cancer patients2.8-5.8[366-368]
Diabetic patients3.2-20.8[240,369]
Female sex workers0.8[370]
Healthcare workers0.3-1.5[234,371]
Hemodialysis patients0-51.2[369,371-374]
Chronic kidney disease patients7[375]
Multi-transfused patients4-24.4[371,376]
United Arab EmiratesHemodialysis patients24.4[377]
Multi-transfused patients18.8[378]
YemenChronic liver disease patients21.5-37.1[253,254]
Healthcare workers0.5-3.5[252,379]

HIV prevalence has been measured and documented among a number of these high risk populations in several MENA countries. Table 3 lists these HIV prevalence measures. High HIV prevalence of 38.5% was reported among children with thalassemia in Qatar (Table 3). Similarly, HIV prevalence of 4.8% was reported among blood or blood products recipients in Egypt (Table 3). These studies with high HIV prevalence, however, tend to be old studies, published in the early 1990s, reflecting infections that occurred mainly before improvements in safety precautions and before implementation of stringent blood screening protocols. Meanwhile, the nil prevalence reported in more recent studies conducted in Iran, Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco reflects cross sectional surveys after safety precautions and stringent blood screening have been implemented widely in this region.

Table 3 Human immunodeficiency virus prevalence among high risk human immunodeficiency virus parenteral-transmission population groups in the Middle East and North Africa (other than people who inject drugs).
CountryPopulationSeroprevalence (%)Ref.
BahrainChildren with hereditary hemolytic anemia1.6[257]
EgyptBlood or blood products recipients4.8[380]
Thalassemia patients0[381]
Children with hemophilia0[382]
IranThalassemia patients0[44,113,160,168,277,284,288-291,383]
Hemophilia patients0-2.3[161,277,281-284,287]
JordanMulti-transfused patients0[304]
LebanonMulti-transfused patients0[384]
MoroccoHemodialysis patients0[316]
PakistanMulti-transfused patients0.98[385]
Hemodialysis patients0.98[277]
QatarChildren with thalassemia38.5[386]
Saudi ArabiaMulti-transfused, thalassemia and sickle cell disease patients1.3[387]
Children undergoing cancer therapy0[70]
Hemodialysis patients0[388]
TunisiaHemodialysis patients0[359]
Hemophiliacs8.6[365]

Individuals in certain professions could be at higher risk of being infected, or transmitting blood-borne infections, due to exposures to bodily fluids. Occupational injuries among healthcare workers (HCWs) are common in the region. In Morocco, occupational injuries were found to be at high frequency, though they were found to be rarely declared[22,98]. Forty-nine percent of HCWs in Egypt[19], 58.9% in Morocco[98], and 45% in Pakistan[16], reported a needle stick injury in the previous year[16]. Another such professional category are barbers, who seem to have a five-fold higher HCV prevalence than the general population (5% in Morocco[99] and 2.8% in Turkey[100]). Acquiring HCV infection at barber shops has been reported in Pakistan[65,76,101]. Studies among traditional barbers in Morocco and Pakistan have shown that the risk of blood-borne infections was not known to barbers nor to their customers and that hygiene conditions were deficient[99,102]. This poses a concern with a tradition in MENA of barbers practicing medicine[99].

Prisoners constitute another group at higher risk of HCV infection and transmission in the region. HCV prevalence of 31.4% was reported among prisoners in Egypt[103], while the prevalence ranged from 30%[104] to as high as 78%[105] among prisoners in Iran. This high prevalence suggests that injecting drug use and sharing of injecting and non-injecting utensils is common in prisons.

Some parenteral transmission of HCV in medical settings appears to be ongoing in MENA. This is evidenced by the high HCV prevalence levels reported among thalassemic children and children on hemodialysis. A recent study conducted in 2010, among 692 Egyptian diabetic children with an average age of 10.4 years, reported a prevalence of 2.5%[85]. Similarly, another study in Saudi Arabia reported a prevalence of 11% among children with cancer undergoing chemotherapy[70].

DISCUSSION

Given the rather low prevalence of HCV in general population groups in most MENA countries, parenteral human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission at endemic levels does not appear to be a cause for concern. The only possible exceptions are Egypt and Pakistan where higher levels of HCV parenteral transmission appear to be ongoing. However, HCV prevalence in these two countries is still well below the threshold level of 30%, and thus is not sufficient for sustainable parenteral HIV transmission.

Nonetheless, isolated HIV outbreaks in these two countries and in other countries in the region, particularly in healthcare facilities, could still occur as they have occurred in the past. The largest ever HIV/AIDS nosocomial outbreak occurred in a children’s hospital in Libya[4-6]. The first ever documented HIV outbreak in renal dialysis centers occurred in Egypt[2], which later witnessed a second HIV outbreak in another renal dialysis center[3]. More recently, a high HIV prevalence of 35.8% was found in a survey of the general population in Gujarat, Pakistan, and apparently it may reflect an HIV parenteral-transmission outbreak related to medical care procedures[106].

While HCV genotype 4 is the most prevalent in Egypt[107], HCV genotype distribution varies between countries and within countries in the rest of the MENA region[107]. Different HCV genotypes may have different transmission probabilities or natural history. This suggests that our ability to use HCV prevalence as a proxy for potential HIV parenteral transmission may be dependent on which genotype is prevalent in MENA countries. However, as demonstrated by Vickerman et al[52-54], potential differences in the transmission probability or natural history of the different genotypes do not appear to affect the utility of HCV prevalence as a proxy biomarker of HIV parenteral transmission[49-54].

While there is a very limited risk for sustainable HIV transmission, there remains a concern for other blood-borne and nosocomial infections. MENA has the highest levels of all regions in the proportion of incident HBV (58.3%) and HCV infections (81.7%) that are attributable to contaminated injections[25]. Every year in MENA, contaminated injections appear to be the cause of 2.5 million HBV infections, 645000 HCV infections, and 2200 HIV infections[25]. In Kuwait, hospital acquired infections occurred in 5.1% of all inpatients costing its national healthcare system an estimate of $267000 daily[108]. More recently, in Saudi Arabia, 8.5% of admitted patients developed nosocomial infections with the rates being highest for nursery (35.8%), intensive care (19.8%), gynecological (16.2%) and surgical (11.7%) patients[109].

There have been steady improvements in recent years in MENA in infection control and safety measures related to parenteral modes of infection transmission, with only a few countries still lagging in achieving satisfactory standards. HCV prevalence is a proxy for the cumulative risk of parenteral exposures over an extended period of time and thus may not be representative of more recent trends. Improvements in blood safety measures have apparently reduced HIV infections due to contaminated blood in the region from 12.1% of all infections in 1993 to 0.4% in 2003[110]. In Lebanon and Palestine, no new HIV cases through blood transfusion have been detected for several years[111,112]. In Iran, HCV prevalence among thalassemia patients decreased from 22.8% to 2.6% following the implementation of blood donor screening[113]. Also in Iran, HCV prevalence among hemodialysis patients decreased from 18% in 2001 to 12% in 2006 in one study[114], and from 14.4% in 1999 to 4.5% in 2006 in another study[115]. Similar reductions were also achieved for HBV in both Iran and Turkey[44,115,116]. HBV prevalence in Iran decreased from 3.4%-3.5% in 1979-1980 to 0.61% in 2005-2006[44]. Similary in Turkey, HBV prevalence among blood donors fell from 5.98% in 1987 to 2.07% in 2003[116]. In Egypt, 95% of women in the 2005 Demographic and Health Survey reported that the medical provider followed basic injection safety procedures[117].

However, these improvements may have not been uniform across MENA. A study in Pakistan suggested an increase in HCV prevalence in recent years[118]. There is evidence of ongoing HCV incidence at dental and medical facilities[91-94], and at the household and population levels in Egypt[77,89,119,120]. There appears to be intrafamilial and household clustering of HCV infection in Pakistan[121]. Talaat et al[108] reported on an assessment survey of infection control practices conducted in a random selection of healthcare facilities in Egypt. The survey revealed poor concept of infection control in most healthcare settings[108]. Infection control guidelines were not available, efforts to prevent transmission of nosocomial infections were deficient, and there was a shortage of critical basic supplies such as antiseptics, gloves, masks, gowns and disposable syringes[108].

There is room for improvement in infection control and safety measures in healthcare settings in MENA. These improvements should be grounded on training and capacity building of infection control staff, the regular monitoring and supervision of infection control programs in healthcare facilities, and the establishment of surveillance systems for hospital acquired infections[108,122]. Additionally, the availability of critical supplies and equipment such as disinfectants and protective barriers is often challenging in settings with limited resources, and need to be improved[108,122]. Budgetary allocations and efficient advanced ordering are necessary to overcome these challenges. Finally, the promotion of occupational safety and health among HCWs is critical to reduce the incidence of unsafe practices and needle stick injuries among this population. This is key as healthcare facilities constitute the main settings of exposure to blood-borne infections.

CONCLUSION

Some HIV transmission may be present along the same pathways that HCV is using to spread in MENA. However, the parenteral modes of HIV transmission in the region, other than injecting drug use, are not of a scale that can sustain an HIV epidemic. Isolated HIV outbreaks though could still occur in some MENA countries as they have occurred in the past. Despite the steady improvements in infection control and safety measures, there are continued exposures to blood and bodily fluids in MENA countries which poses a concern for the transmission of other blood-borne infections. More precautions, including infection-control training and capacity building, monitoring and supervision of infection control programs, surveillance systems for nosocomial infections, availability of infection control supplies and equipment, in addition to more coverage and evaluation of HBV immunization programs, need to be implemented to avoid the unnecessary spread of HCV, HIV and other blood-borne pathogens along the parenteral modes of transmission.

Footnotes

P- Reviewer: Berkane S, Kanda T S- Editor: Ma YJ L- Editor: A E- Editor: Zhang DN

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