Underdiagnosis and late HIV diagnoses slow progress against AIDS in Europe

A new report by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) highlights critical gaps in HIV detection and care across the WHO European Region. Despite decades of progress, nearly one-third of people living with HIV in the region remain unaware of their status, hampering efforts to end AIDS.

Since the start of the epidemic in the early 1980s, more than 2.6 million people have been diagnosed with HIV in the region,