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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase viral suppression — HIV‑05

Status: Little or no detectable change

  
Little or no detectable change
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Most Recent Data:
65.1 percent (2022)

Target:
95.0 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
63.1 percent of persons aged 13 years and over living with diagnosed HIV infection were virally suppressed in 2017

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Increase the proportion of persons aged 13 years and over living with diagnosed HIV infection who are virally suppressed

Target-Setting Method
Maintain consistency with national programs, regulations, policies, or laws

Data Source:  National HIV Surveillance System (NHSS), CDC/NCHHSTP

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Summary

Taking HIV medicine as prescribed can make the amount of virus in the body very low. This is called viral suppression, or an undetectable viral load. People with HIV whose viral load remains undetectable can stay healthy and have effectively no risk of passing HIV to sexual partners.

Topics:  Sexually Transmitted Infections, Health Care, Health Care Access and Quality, LGBT

Workgroup: HIV Workgroup

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