Identification

Name

European Network for HIV/AIDS Surveillance
Status

Active
Category

System
Organizations
(1) European Centre for Disease Protection and Control (ECDC)
Update frequency

Annually
Created

2012-10-11 14:01:30+00:00
Modified

2016-07-07 18:29:55.424051+00:00

Basic Information

Overview

ECDC and the WHO Regional Office for Europe jointly coordinate HIV/AIDS surveillance in Europe. Together they work to ensure a high quality of HIV/AIDS surveillance data covering all 53 countries in the European region. The surveillance data is collected annually and is submitted to TESSy. The HIV/AIDS surveillance report is published annually on World AIDS Day, 1 December.
Goals
(1) Baseline awareness
(2) Early detection
Year start

2008
URL http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/aids/hiv-network/Pages/index.aspx
URL (alternate) http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/surveillance/hiv/Pages/EUROHIV_project.aspx
Related system
(1) The European Surveillance System (TESSy)

Disease and Geography

Locations
(1) European Union
Geography

No
Diseases
(1) Human immunodeficiency virus infection

Datastreams

Data sources
(1) Laboratory Records
(2) Official Reports
(3) Personal Communication