“Compared to 2010, the number of new diagnoses has fallen by 67 percent in 2022, but the speed of this decline appears to be leveling off in recent years,” the organization further said.
Nearly half (48 percent) of diagnoses in 2020-2022 were made at a late stage, which increases the risk of hospitalization and death. “If an HIV diagnosis is made in a timely manner, serious health damage can be prevented. Life expectancy is also almost the same as that of people without HIV. Moreover, someone who receives HIV treatment can no longer transmit the virus,” said Marc van der Valk, director of the foundation.
Opportunities are missed
“Too many opportunities are still being missed to put an end to HIV,” says Aidsfonds-Soa Aids Nederland. “For example, the decline in the number of new HIV infections in the rest of the Netherlands is significantly less than in Amsterdam. And too many people who received an HIV diagnosis were not familiar with the prevention drug PrEP. “
At the end of September, it emerged that the number of new HIV infections in Amsterdam had fallen by as much as 95 percent between 2010 and 2022. This was explained by cooperation between the municipality, health institutions, interest and so-called community groups and the GGD, the use of PrEP and the faster detection of acute infections.
Virus suppressed
At the end of 2022, there were an estimated 24,400 people living with HIV in the Netherlands, of whom 21,978 had started treatment with antiretroviral drugs. In 96 percent of them the virus is successfully suppressed.
The number of deaths from AIDS is called ‘stable’. In 2021 there were sixteen, in 2020 fifteen. (AP)
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