HIV/AIDS Epidemiology & Mortality
Latest San Francisco Annual Report Shows Drop in New HIV Infections and Deaths
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- Category: HIV/AIDS Epidemiology & Mortality
- Published on Wednesday, 16 September 2015 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Newly diagnosed HIV infections and deaths among people living with HIV in San Francisco reached new lows in 2014, and the city continues to do a better job helping people get people tested and treated than the nation as a whole. But some notable disparities persist with regard to race, age, gender identity, and homelessness, according to the SF Department of Public Health's latest HIV Epidemiology Annual Report.
IAS 2015: Young Gay Men at Lower Risk for HIV than Previous Generations, but Racial Disparities Persist
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- Published on Wednesday, 05 August 2015 00:00
- Written by Roger Pebody
An innovative analysis of HIV trends in the Seattle area has found that gay men who were born in the early 1960s had the highest lifetime risk of acquiring HIV, but that this risk has declined dramatically in subsequent generations. But while black gay men born in the 1970s and 1980s have a much lower risk of acquiring HIV than their forebears, racial disparities remain stark, according to a report at the 8thInternational AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention last month in Vancouver.
Goal of 15 Million People with HIV on Treatment Met Ahead of Schedule, says UNAIDS
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- Category: HIV/AIDS Epidemiology & Mortality
- Published on Tuesday, 14 July 2015 00:00
- Written by UNAIDS
The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of getting 15 million HIV-positive people worldwide onto antiretroviral therapy (ART) by 2015 -- a goal many once considered impossible -- has been reached 9 months sooner than projected, according to a new report from UNAIDS. Other MDG target have also been achieved or exceeded, as new HIV infections have decreased by 35% and AIDS-related deaths by 41%, and more than 80 countries have halted or reversed their epidemics.
Reaching UNAIDS HIV Treatment Targets Could Avert Millions of Deaths and New Infections
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- Category: HIV/AIDS Epidemiology & Mortality
- Published on Thursday, 16 July 2015 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Achieving UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets for getting more people with HIV diagnosed and on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 2 of the hardest-hit countries -- Nigeria and South Africa -- could avert more than 3 million deaths, according to a study published in the July 6 edition of PLoS ONE. The new Fast-Track Cities Initiative aims to help make this goal a reality in the highest-burden cities.
Socioeconomic and Racial Disparities May Drive HIV Infection among Young Gay and Bisexual Men
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- Category: HIV/AIDS Epidemiology & Mortality
- Published on Wednesday, 10 June 2015 00:00
- Written by New York University
Young black or mixed-race men who have sex with men were more likely to be newly infected with HIV than gay and bisexual men of other racial/ethnic groups, according to a study from New York City described in the March 27 advance edition of Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. Living in an area with higher HIV prevalence, lower perceived socioeconomic status, and starting sex at a younger age were also associated with higher risk of infection.
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