In Hungary the epidemiological situation is in total favourable, and it is good in European comparison too. Within the framework of the vaccination system, the latest vaccinations and vaccines are gradually introduced, and vaccination coverage exceeds 99%. The number of communicable diseases, including vaccine-preventable communicable diseases, is decreasing. The incidence of TB declined steadily between 1970s and the early 1990s. It was followed by a small but definite increase, which stopped a few years ago, and subsequently, the index started to drop again. In 2002, the TB incidence registered in pulmonology continuing care facilities was 30 per 100,000 population, which is more than twice te EU average.

Concerning HIV infection, Hungary is one of the lowly infected countries. In Hungary the first HIV infections were identified in 1985. Until 2002, in total 1,041 patients were registered with HIV infection. Primarily homosexual transmission dominates, but in the recent years heterosexual transmission has also increased, giving about 3,000 cases of infection.