The continuum of HIV care: What does it mean and how is Europe doing?
The continuum of HIV care is a framework that enables countries to monitor the effectiveness of their HIV response -- from diagnosis towards viral suppression (which means that the virus is no longer detectable in the blood). This report provides a snapshot of the status of the continuum of care for the whole region as well as each of the 48 countries reporting at least some continuum data. Based on the findings of the ECDC Dublin Declaration report on the continuum in 2015, ECDC now monitors a four-stage continuum that is directly relevant in the European region: Stage 1 -- the estimated number of all people living with HIV (PLHIV); Stage 2 -- the number of all PLHIV who have been diagnosed; Stage 3 -- the number on PLHIV who have been diagnosed and who are on ART; and Stage 4 -- the number of PLHIV on ART who are virally suppressed. Between 2014 and 2016, there was a substantial increase in the proportion of countries able to report on all four stages of the continuum, f...