Dataset

Belgisch hiv-diagnoseregister

Sinds het uitbreken van de hiv-epidemie in België heeft het profiel van deze epidemie vele veranderingen ondergaan. Algemeen wordt aangenomen dat maatregelen ter bestrijding van de epidemie op gegevens moeten zijn gebaseerd en gericht moeten zijn op de nationale en lokale epidemiologie. Daarom is surveillance van hiv-diagnoses een belangrijk instrument. Nieuwe hiv-diagnoses worden gerapporteerd door de aidsreferentielaboratoria (ARL's). Overeenkomstig het koninklijk besluit betreffende de vaststelling van de criteria voor de erkenning van hiv/aidsreferentielaboratoria (dd. 8/10/1996) zijn aidsreferentielaboratoria (ARL's) verplicht alle nieuwe hiv-diagnoses te bevestigen en te rapporteren. De overeenkomst tussen RIZIV-INAMI en de ARL's bepaalt dat deze gegevens moeten worden doorgegeven aan Sciensano. Sciensano fungeert als ‘Nationaal Contactpunt voor hiv-surveillance’ voor het Europees Centrum voor ziektepreventie en -bestrijding (ECDC) en als ‘Nationaal Focal Point voor hiv/aids-monitoring & evaluatie’ voor WHO Europa.

Overzicht

Alternative Titles / Acronym
  • HIV-DIAG
Trefwoorden
AIDS Healthdata.be (Sciensano) HIV Sciensano
Talen
ENG
Health Themes
HIV/AIDS (Q12199) HIV (Q15787) epidemiology of HIV/AIDS (Q3077789)
Health Categories
Population-based health data registries (public health registries)
Population Coverage
Since 1985 notifications of new HIV diagnoses are collected. Registration is done via the 7 AIDS Reference Laboratories, which gives a complete picture of the total number of diagnosed HIV-positive persons in Belgium.
Purposes
  • The processing of HIV data is done to fulfil a public health task of general interest. The collection, compilation and analysis of HIV data should make it possible to expand knowledge of the Belgian HIV epidemic. On this basis, the competent authorities will have accurate and up-to-date information to guide the management of HIV, taking into account epidemiological trends and the most recent evolutions.

Provenance
  • The data on persons with a new HIV diagnosis in Belgium are based on registration of new HIV diagnoses by the AIDS Reference Laboratories (ARL). In Belgium there are seven ARL. One of their tasks is to perform confirmatory testing of all sera reactive in an HIV screening test. The ARL report the result of laboratory tests and basic demographic information directly. In addition, they collect more detailed information about the patient from the physician who requested the diagnostic confirmation test.
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Temporal Information

Dataset Modified
Update Frequency
ANNUAL
Metadata Dates
Issued:
Modified:

Spatial Information

Geographic Coverage
  • BE
NUTS Codes
http://data.europa.eu/nuts/code/BE

Additional Information

Dataset Types
Personal Data
Applicable Legislation
Legal Basis
  • Royal decree of 8th October 1996 on establishing the criteria for the recognition of reference laboratories for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

  • ISC mandate (update 2024)

  • Sciensano law (2018):

  • Sciensano, public institution with registered office at rue Juliette Wytsman 14, B-1050 Elsene, is responsible for the processing of the HIV surveillance data. The processing of the data is based on the grounds of public interest as provided for in art. 6.1 (e) of the General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR(link is external) and in particular for data concerning health, for reasons of public interest in the areas of public health as provided for in art. 9.2 (i) GDPR.

HDAB
Contact Points
Conforms To
Versie
version 3.1 of the DCD
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Distributions & Resources

HDA request form

https://www.hda.belgium.be/en/data_request

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Publication Info
License cc-zero1.0
Standards & Languages
Talen ENG
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