The HIV Modelling Tool is an application which uses evidence-based methods to calculate HIV incidence in a given population. It helps to understand local HIV epidemics by providing better estimates based on surveillance data.
HIV infection remains a major public health concern in EU/EEA countries, with approximately 30 000new infections reported each year. In contrast, the overall number of AIDS cases has continued tosteadily decline thanks to the growing use of effective antiretroviral treatment.
One in 2 people living with HIV are diagnosed late in the course of their infection. So late, that two out of three people with AIDS in the EU/EEA receive their diagnosis within only three months of discovering they had HIV. For World AIDS Day 2017, ECDC highlighted the problem of late diagnosis and the need for diversifying HIV testing approaches.