The Role of Voluntary Counselling and Testing Points (VCTs) in HIV Diagnostics – Analysis of VCTs Activity in Poland in the Context of Local and European Epidemiology

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Number of tests conducted and positive results obtained among individuals tested for HIV infection in Voluntary Counselling and Testing Points in Poland from 2019–2023, considering nationality_

Year	Nationality	Number of tests performed	Number of positive results	% of positive results
2019	Polish	40,602	478	1.18%
	Foreigners	1,552	59	3.80%
	Total	42,154	537	1.27%
2020	Polish	22,064	259	1.17%
	Foreigners	1,212	50	4.13%
	Total	23,276	309	1.33%
2021	Polish	26,856	368	1.37%
	Foreigners	1,790	80	4.47%
	Total	28,646	448	1.56%
2022	Polish	28,905	358	1.24%
	Foreigners	2,796	162	5.79%
	Total	31,701	520	1.64%
2023	Polish	29,229	362	1.24%
	Foreigners	2,827	166	5.87%
	Total	32,056	528	1.65%
2019–2023	Polish	147,656	1,825	1.24%
	Foreigners	10,177	517	5.08%
	Total	157,833	2,342	1.48%

Diagnosis rate per 100,000 population and diagnosed HIV infections in countries with the highest and lowest rates vs Poland in 2022 (ECDC 2023)_

Country	Diagnosis rate per 100,000 population	Diagnosed HIV infections
The highest HIV incidence rates (over 15)
Russian Federation	38.4	55,573
Ukraine	29.8	12,212
Moldova	28.4	929
Cyprus	24.1	218
Kazakhstan	20.7	4,006
Armenia	19.2	535
Estonia	18.8	250
Ireland	17.5	887
Belarus	17.2	1,644
Georgia	16.5	617
Kyrgyzstan	16.5	1,094
The lowest rates (2.0 and below)
Slovenia	2.0	42
North Macedonia	2.0	41
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.7	54
Poland	5.4	2,050