Our mission

Stichting HIV Monitoring’s mission is to further the knowledge and understanding of all relevant aspects of HIV infection, including comorbidities and co-infections (such as viral hepatitis), in people with HIV in care in the Netherlands. 

Objectives

Our objectives in achieving this mission are:

• To monitor and report trends in all aspects of HIV infection by collecting high-quality, nationwide data from people with HIV in care.

• To  inform all relevant stakeholders, including healthcare providers, government, researchers, and the community of people living with HIV, about national trends in all aspects of HIV infection, including comorbidities and co-infections (such as viral hepatitis), in people with HIV in care in the Netherlands.

• To develop models that accurately predict future trends in the overall HIV epidemic and in the clinical course of people with HIV in care in the Netherlands.

• To monitor and report on the quality of HIV treatment and care in the Netherlands, thereby contributing to the national HIV quality of care standards and formal certification of HIV treatment centres in the Netherlands.

• To contribute to national and international collaborative scientific research.

• To act as a national reference centre for information on trends in all relevant aspects of HIV infection and in the clinical course of people with HIV in care in the Netherlands.