The HIV / AIDS voluntary reporting has been in place as a case-based
HIV/AIDS surveillance system since 1984. It is a two-part programme,
namely voluntary reporting by doctors and laboratory reporting.
Both physicians and laboratories providing confirmatory HIV tests
are encouraged to report to the Department of Health all cases
of HIV/AIDS. Data collected through the two systems are collected,
matched and analysed on a quarterly basis.
Under this reporting system, medical doctors are encouraged to
supply information of newly diagnosed HIV infections and/or AIDS
to the AIDS Unit of the Department of Health. A standard form
(DH2293) is used to systematically collect details such as
the demographic
characteristics, suspected routes of transmission, clinical status,
and AIDS defining illnesses of the infected. Each reported case
is assigned a unique code to facilitate subsequent follow up
of complications.
The second source of data is that obtained through laboratory
reporting, which has been started since 1985. The laboratories
that provide
confirmatory HIV antibody tests on voluntary basis submit reports
of the infected. Currently, they are the Virus Unit of the Department
of Health, QEH and PWH in which all belong to the public sector.
This is an anonymous system and all data collected is treated
in strict confidence. Information obtained from the system is
crucial
for understanding the HIV epidemiology in Hong Kong and is used
for global analysis only. The quarterly statistics can be obtained
at this Virtual AIDS Office.
The HIV/AIDS report form (DH2293) is designed to facilitate reporting
by physicians who encounter any patient with HIV/AIDS. Physicians
are also encouraged to update the status of the previously reported
cases when appropriate using the same form. Completed forms should
be sealed and mailed to:
Department of Health
Centre for Health Protection
Special Preventive Programme
(Attn:Consultant Physician)
2/F Wang Tau Hom Jockey Club Clinic
200 Junction Road East
Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
HIV/AIDS Report Form (DH2293) Download
PDF File (No postage stamp necessary if posted in Hong Kong)
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