Last year, around 580 people were told that they had become infected with HIV. That is less than in the year before (664). In 2015, there were 941 new infections.
However, according to the Aidsfonds, the Aids epidemic in the Netherlands has not yet resolved with this decline.
“An estimated 1,730 people with HIV do not know their HIV status. People who walk around longer with an untreated HIV infection are more likely to have long-term health damage. People who do not know they have HIV and whose virus is not suppressed, can continue unknowingly with HIV. transfer “, according to the Aidsfonds.
The average time between the moment someone contracted HIV and the moment the diagnosis was made was estimated at 2.6 years in 2019. According to the Aidsfonds, many people with an HIV infection still end up in care too late.
Last year, eighteen people in the Netherlands died of AIDS, mostly because it was discovered too late that they were infected with HIV. In 2018, it concerned twenty deaths.
Most people with HIV in the Netherlands know their HIV status, are treated with medicines and carry a suppressed HIV virus. This means that they live as long and healthy as others and can no longer pass on the virus.
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