World AIDS Day 2025
World AIDS Day 2025 serves as a vital reminder that while the HIV epidemic in Europe is changing, it remains a public health priority. ECDC has released the latest surveillance data which reveals a complex landscape. We acknowledge the clear progress shown in the report, with fewer reported diagnoses and AIDS-related deaths across the EU/EEA.
However, this success is shadowed by a persistent challenge: over half of all HIV diagnoses in Europe in 2024 were made at a late stage. This high rate of late diagnosis, combined with a growing number of people living with undiagnosed HIV, threatens to derail progress toward the 2030 goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat.
This moment requires us to look beyond the headline figures to the lived reality of HIV in Europe. As effective treatment and care allow more people to live longer with HIV, the public health focus must expand to address new challenges, particularly the management of age-related co-morbidities. Furthermore, this progress is set against the persistent, critical issues of stigma and discrimination, which remain significant barriers preventing people from accessing testing and care. For World AIDS Day, ECDC calls on all partners to renew their commitment to a holistic approach: ending stigma, closing the testing gap, and ensuring lifelong quality of care for all.
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Europe’s hidden HIV crisis - Half of all people living with HIV in Europe are diagnosed late, threatening to undermine the fight against AIDS
Europe is failing to test and treat HIV early, with over half (54%) of all diagnoses in 2024 being made too late for optimal treatment.
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Surveillance and monitoring
HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Europe 2025 – 2024 data
This report presents HIV/AIDS surveillance data for 2024, which shows significant variation in epidemic patterns and trends across the WHO European Region.
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World AIDS Day 2025: Redefining the Journey
We acknowledge the clear progress shown in the 2025 surveillance report as we see fewer diagnoses and fewer AIDS-related deaths in the EU/EEA. This success, however, is not an endpoint; it's the achievement that allows us to raise our ambitions.
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Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.3 is to end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases, and other communicable diseases by 2030.
