In 2022, 393 people will be diagnosed with HIV in the Netherlands. Of the new HIV diagnoses, 54% were made among men who have sex with men (MSM). In this group, the decline in new diagnoses was stronger than in other men, women and trans people, causing the relative share of these latter groups to increase.
Since 2010, the number of HIV diagnoses in the Netherlands has been steadily decreasing. For the year 2022, 393 HIV diagnoses have so far been registered with the HIV Monitoring Foundation. This concerns 213 MSM (54%), 96 other men (24%), 70 women (18%) and 14 trans people (4%).
Compared to 2010, the number of new diagnoses has fallen by 67% in 2022, but the speed of this decline appears to be leveling off in recent years. In 2019, 2020 and 2021, 614, 432 and 410 new HIV diagnoses were made respectively.
The decrease in the number of new HIV diagnoses is greatest among MSM (from 768 in 2010 to 213 in 2022; a decrease of 72%). Within this group, the decline was strongest in the age group between 30 and 50 years old, but significantly less strong among younger MSM (up to 30 years old) and among MSM older than 50 years old.
“This could be a signal that the options for preventing HIV are less known among younger and older MSM, or are less accessible to them than to MSM aged 30 to 50,” says Professor Marc van der Valk, director of the HIV monitoring foundation.
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2023-11-30 14:13:14
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