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NEWS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS



CDC's HIV Prevention Strategic Plan [www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/news/prevention.pdf]: This recently announced prevention plan from the CDC has 4 primary goals:

  1. Reduce number of new HIV infections in the U.S. from 40,000 to 20,000/year by 2005
    • Reduce transmission risk in patients with HIV infection
    • Reduce transmission risk in gay men
    • Reduce transmission risk in adolescents
    • Injection drug users should abstain from drug use, but if that is not feasible, there should be strategies to reduce risk of HIV transmission
    • Decrease the number of heterosexual men and women who consistently engage in risky behavior
    • Increase STD testing in those at risk for HIV
    • Increase counseling, testing, and treatment of pregnant women with HIV
    • Support HIV vaccine research
    • Reduce occupational exposures
    • Continue to monitor and support safety of blood, tissue, and organ supplies
  2. Increase voluntary counseling and testing so that the number of HIV-infected persons who know they are infected rises from 70% to 95% by 2005
    • Increase motivation of at-risk persons to have HIV testing
    • Improve access to voluntary testing sites in high prevalence communities
    • Increase the number of providers who routinely provide voluntary counseling and testing, such as STD clinics, substance abuse treatment programs, family planning clinics, emergency rooms and community health centers; increase these services in nonclinical venues as well including street outreach, public assistance programs, etc.
    • Increase the percentage of persons who know the results of their tests
  3. Increase the proportion of HIV-infected persons who are linked to prevention and treatment services from 50% to 80% by 2005
    • Reduce disparities in access to prevention and care services in minorities, women, and special needs populations
    • Integrate assistance with adherence to treatment for persons with HIV in overall prevention services
    • Increase use of culturally competent, science-based prevention services
    • Promote optimal medical care
    • Reduce the interval from test results to medical care to no longer than three months
    • Increase prevention and treatment services for those in corrections and link them to services in communities when they return
    • Increase periodic STD screening and treatment in persons with HIV
    • Increase TB screening and treatment in those with HIV
    • Increase services for persons with HIV who are pregnant or need substance abuse treatment services
    • Increase social and mental health services for HIV-infected patients
  4. Strengthen the national capacity to monitor the epidemic, develop and implement effective HIV prevention programs, and evaluate these programs
    • Develop surveillance systems to monitor HIV risk behavior and provide relevant data to community planning
    • Increase evidence-based interventions
    • Support evaluation efforts to insure high quality interventions

posted 8/31/2001





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