Data merges
Thanks to effective treatments, people with HIV are living much longer. However, they do have an increased risk of certain age-related diseases, including cardiovascular diseases and some types of cancer. Additionally, in the Netherlands, more than half of current HIV diagnoses are only discovered at a late stage (advanced HIV infection or AIDS). To determine why this is the case, it is necessary to examine the HIV population in more detail.
For this reason, SHM uses other standardized data sources in its research, always pseudonymized and not traceable to individuals by SHM. These sources, along with how SHM utilizes the data, are described in more detail below.