HIV sentinel surveillance is used to calculate:
HIV sentinel surveillance used to calculate Trend finding HIV sentinel surveillance (HSS) in India HIV sentinel surveillance (HSS) in India, since its inception in 1998, has evolved into a credible and robust system for HIV epidemic monitoring and acclaimed as one of the best in the world. Sentinel surveillance provides essential information to understand the trends and dynamics of HIV epidemic among different risk groups in the country It aids in refinement of strategies and prioritization of focus for prevention, care and treatment intervention under the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) HIV estimates of prevalence, incidence and moality developed based on findings from HIV Sentinel Surveillance enable the programme in assessing the impacts the impacts at a macro level. Ref: Park 22nd ed/ 400.
Detection of high risk group
Prevalence
Monitoring disease trend
Detection of incidence