General HIV_PEP project information

Project name

Belgian HIV-AIDS Post Exposure Profylaxis Surveillance

Project abbreviation

HIV_PEP

Project code

HDBP0079

Primary organization that oversees implementation of project

• Sciensano

Partner organization participating in project

• Not available

Organization that commissioned this project

• National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (RIZIV-INAMI)

Organization providing monetary or material support

• National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (RIZIV-INAMI)

Brief project description

Sciensano and the NIHDI have entered into an agreement regarding the post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) registry for HIV. Under this agreement, Sciensano undertakes, in collaboration with the HIV/AIDS reference centres, to create, update, manage and operate a cohort on HIV/AIDS in order to inventory and scientifically study, as exhaustively as possible, the totality of the population of HIV/AIDS patients in Belgium.

The purpose of this registry is to monitor the use of PEP in Belgium. The variables collected will allow:

• estimate the number of people who have received PEP treatment, determine their socio-demographic situation (age, gender, nationality) and their status as insured;
• describe the types of exposure for which PEP is prescribed and the period between exposure and intake of PEP;
• estimate the percentage of individuals who were prescribed PEP and completed the necessary 28 days.