Hong Kong HIV Surveillance Report - 2015 Update

The increasing trend of annual number of newly reported HIV infection continued in 2015 and reached a record high of 725 cases. Sexual transmission remained the major route of HIV transmission in Hong Kong thus far, while the transmission from other routes including drug injection has been kept at a relatively low level. Overall, Hong Kong is still having a low prevalence level of HIV infection in the general population.

This annual surveillance report is an initiative of Special Preventive Programme, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health. The report aims to provide strategic information to facilitate planning of services and intervention activities for the prevention, care and control of HIV/AIDS. Following a commentary, data collected from five main components of our surveillance programme (the HIV/AIDS voluntary reporting system, HIV prevalence surveys, sexually transmitted infections caseload statistics, behavioural studies and HIV-1 genotyping studies) were presented as tables and graphs. Findings of the HIV and AIDS Response Indicator Survey (HARiS) and other studies were also included.