HIV/AIDS surveillance in Europe 2019 - 2018 data

Surveillance report
Publication series: HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Europe

This report has been published jointly by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe. The Regional Office developed the overview of the European Region as a whole and validated the figures of the non-member countries of the European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) and ECDC developed the overview of the EU/EEA countries and validated the EU/EEA figures.

Publication data

Infographic: HIV late Diagnosis - 2018 data

Infographic - 28 Nov 2019

In the EU/EEA, almost every second HIV diagnosis happened at a late stage in 2018. This means diagnosis several years after infection. In 2018, 49 % of those with a CD4 cell count reported at HIV diagnosis were diagnosed late (several years after infection).