However, the resurgence is even more spectacular in the neighbouring countries of eastern Europe and central Asia, where around 270,000 new cases were recorded in 2006 alone, of which 90% were in Russia and Ukraine.
Parlaments atzinīgi vērtē Komisijas iniciatīvas, vienlaikus rosinot papildu pasākumus un vēršot uzmanību uz darbībām, kas jāveic, ņemot vērā vīrusa izplatību un dažādu valstu īpatnības.