Global HIV Programme
The WHO Department of Global HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections Programmes leads the development and implementation of the global health sector strategy on the elimination of HIV as a public health threat.
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HIV surveillance

Understanding trends in HIV data is a cornerstone of the public health response to HIV. HIV surveillance brings together information from a range of sources to:

  • estimate how many people are living with HIV;
  • understand who is being infected and why; and
  • assess the impact of HIV prevention, testing, and treatment services across different population groups.

This ongoing collection, analysis and dissemination of HIV data provides evidence for decision-making. It also tracks national and global progress towards the United Nations target to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.

WHO provides support to Member States by characterizing the current epidemiology of HIV, reviewing surveillance approaches and methods, and producing strategic information guidelines. 

Latest guidelines

Policy briefs

Technical documents

DHIS2 Case surveillance package for HIV surveillance

The WHO HIV Case Surveillance Tracker software package is designed to follow people living with HIV through their treatment and is based upon WHO standards and policy guidance. The package is based on the free and open-source District Health Information System 2 (DHIS2) software platform and designed in collaboration with the WHO Global Programmes on HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections.  It includes a Tracker program for recording of individual and longitudinal data on people living with HIV, including details on antiretroviral therapy, viral load testing, and TB preventive therapy.  A set of dashboards and indicators aids users in monitoring the local epidemic based on case surveillance data and programmatic needs, and an aggregate dataset records national HIV estimates. The dashboard enables analysis along the cascade of HIV treatment interventions with benchmarks for reaching the global 95-95-95 targets.

This video is a webinar recording of the beta launch of this package, including an overview and demonstration of key features. For more information and downloadable software files, visit the DHIS2 website.

Meeting reports