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

Reduce the number of new HIV infections — HIV‑01

Status: Improving

  
Improving
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Most Recent Data:
31,800 persons (2022)

Target:
3,000 persons

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
37,000 persons aged 13 years and over were newly infected with HIV in 2017

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Reduce the number of new HIV infections among adolescents and adults

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

People are most likely to get HIV from people who don’t know they have it, people who know they have it but aren’t getting treatment, or people getting care for HIV who don’t have it under control. People with HIV who take their medication as prescribed and get the virus under control can live long, healthy lives and have effectively no risk of transmitting HIV to a sexual partner. People who don’t have HIV can take PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) to prevent them from getting HIV.

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

Workgroup: HIV Workgroup

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