Japan Global AIDS Response Progress Report 2016

The AIDS Surveillance Committee holds quarterly meeting to compile the annual report on the trends of new reported cases of HIV infection and AIDS in Japan based on anonymous reports from all prefectures. Physicians who diagnosed HIV infection (without AIDS symptoms) or AIDS are obliged to submit a case report to the prefectural government. The case report includes the result of HIV testing, major symptoms and diagnosis, gender, age, nationality, residential area, possible transmission route including place, and the date of diagnosis.