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CDC HIV/AIDS Prevention
New and updated CDC resources on HIV and AIDS
HIV Counseling and Testing among Hispanic Adolescents and Adults in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2005
This report analyzes the 2005 national HIV counseling and testing data among Hispanics/Latinos attending publicly funded counseling and testing sites.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships for HIV Prevention in Communities of Color
The mission of this fellowship program is to recruit, mentor, and train investigators to conduct domestic HIV/AIDS prevention research in communities of color.
Fact Sheet: New Estimates of U.S. HIV Prevalence, 2006
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed new estimates of HIV prevalence, or the total number of people living with HIV in the United States.
MMWR: HIV Prevalence Estimates—United States, 2006
Accurate and timely data on the number of persons in the United States living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (HIV prevalence) are needed to guide planning for disease prevention, program evaluation, and resource allocation.
Questions and Answers: HIV Prevalence Estimates—United States, 2006
Questions and Answers on HIV prevalence is the number of people living with HIV/AIDS in a given year. HIV prevalence is the topic of the MMWR article, published October 3, 2008, called HIV Prevalence Estimates—Unites States, 2006.
NCHHSTP 2006 Disease Profile
This report includes a review of HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STD, and TB surveillance data, and a special focus section on African-American men to illustrate how these diseases and the factors that influence them may overlap and result in excess disease burden among certain populations.
Updated Slide Set: HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM)
This slide set explores HIV surveillance data among Men who have Sex with Men (MSM), through 2006.
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Supplemental Report-Volume 13, Number 1: Cases of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, by Race/Ethnicity, 2002–2006
This report complements the information in the 2006 HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, by presenting data on HIV and AIDS diagnoses stratified by race/ethnicity.
MMWR: Subpopulation Estimates from the HIV Incidence Surveillance System --- United States, 2006
CDC has created an HIV incidence surveillance system in selected areas of the United States as a component of its national human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) reporting system.
Fact Sheet: MMWR Analysis Provides New Details on HIV Incidence in U.S. Populations
On August 2, 2008, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new estimate of the annual number of new HIV infections (HIV incidence) in the United States [1], revealing that the HIV epidemic is – and has been – worse than previously known.
New Slide Set: AIDS Dot Maps (1983 through 2005)
In this series of county-based dot-density maps, the data used are estimated AIDS cases by county, for the 50 US states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, cumulative through 2005.
Questions and Answers Related to MMWR: Persons Tested for HIV—United States, 2006
What does this article tell us about HIV testing in the U.S.? HIV testing rates have remained fairly stable from 2001 through 2006. Ten percent of adults age 18-64 report getting tested each year (approximately 18 million people in 2006) but the percentage of people who report ever being tested in their lifetimes has not increased—it remained stable from 2001 to 2006 at about 40% (an estimated 71.5 million people in 2006).
MMWR: Persons Tested for HIV --- United States, 2006
Early diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection enables infected persons to obtain medical care that can improve the quality and length of their lives and adopt behaviors to prevent further HIV transmission. However, at the end of 2003, approximately one fourth of the estimated 1 million persons living with HIV remained unaware of their infection.
Updated Slide Set: HIV Mortality
The slides in this series are based on data compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) from death certificates of US residents in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for the years 1987-2005 (2005 being the latest year for which data are available).
Estimates of New HIV Infections
Using breakthrough technology, CDC has produced new HIV incidence estimates for the United States.
MMWR: HIV Prevention Education and HIV-Related Policies in Secondary Schools --- Selected Sites, United States, 2006
Persons who engage in sexual risk behaviors are at increased risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
MMWR: Trends in HIV- and STD-Related Risk Behaviors Among High School Students --- United States, 1991--2007
Persons who engage in unprotected sexual intercourse or use injection drugs are at increased risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
MMWR: Recommendations for Postexposure Interventions to Prevent Infection with Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and Tetanus in Persons Wounded During Bombings and Other Mass-Casualty Events --- United States, 2008
This report outlines recommendations for postexposure interventions to prevent infection with hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, or human immunodeficiency virus, and tetanus in persons wounded during bombings or other events resulting in mass casualties.
Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS Surveillance
Through its national HIV/AIDS surveillance system, CDC can monitor many aspects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, including HIV/AIDS and AIDS diagnoses, deaths among persons with AIDS, people living with HIV/AIDS or AIDS, and beginning in 2008, the number of new HIV infections.
MMWR: Trends in HIV/AIDS Diagnoses Among Men Who Have Sex with Men --- 33 States, 2001--2006
In 2008, CDC conducted an analysis of trends in diagnoses of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the 33 states* that have had confidential, name-based HIV case reporting since at least 2001. This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which indicated that the number of HIV/AIDS diagnoses among MSM overall during 2001--2006 increased 8.6% (estimated annual percentage change [EAPC] = 1.5). During 2001--2006, an estimated 214,379 persons had HIV/AIDS diagnosed in the 33 states.
MMWR: False-Positive Oral Fluid Rapid HIV Tests--New York City, 2005-2008
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) operates 10 sexually transmitted disease (STD) walk-in clinics offering various free services, including confidential or anonymous testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
MMWR: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
Problem: Priority health-risk behaviors, which are behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among youth and adults, often are established during childhood and adolescence, extend into adulthood, are interrelated, and are preventable.
Updated Slide Set: HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Urban and Nonurban Areas
Surveillance slide set of HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Urban and Nonurban Areas
Updated Basic Statistics
Summary of current HIV/AIDS statistics
Updated Slide Set: HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Women
Surveillance slide set of HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Women
Updated Slide Set: HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Adolescents and Young Adults
Surveillance slide set of HIV/AIDS Surveillance in adolescents and young adults
Updated Slide Set: AIDS Surveillance - General Epidemiology
Surveillance slide set of AIDS general epidemiology
Updated Slide Set: AIDS Surveillance - Trends
Surveillance slide set of AIDS epidemiological trends
Updated Slide Set: HIV/AIDS Surveillance by Race/Ethnicity
Surveillance slide set of HIV/AIDS Surveillance by Race/Ethnicity (through 2006)
New HIV/AIDS Topic: Hispanics/Latinos
The HIV/AIDS epidemic is a serious threat to the Hispanic/Latino community. In addition to being a population seriously affected by HIV, Hispanics/Latinos continue to face challenges in accessing health care, prevention services, and HIV treatment. In 2005, HIV/AIDS was the fourth leading cause of death among Hispanic/Latino men and women aged 35 to 44.
Updated Slide Set: Pediatrics HIV/AIDS Surveillance
Surveillance slide set of HIV/AIDS Surveillance - Pediatrics (through 2006)
Updated Slide Set: HIV/AIDS Surveillance - General Epidemiology
Surveillance slide set of HIV/AIDS Surveillance - General Epidemiology (through 2006)
Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS among Hispanics/Latinos
The HIV/AIDS epidemic is a serious threat to the Hispanic/Latino community. In 2005, HIV/AIDS was the fourth leading cause of death among Hispanic/Latino men and women aged 35 to 44.
Dear Colleague Letter: 2006 HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report
This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its annual report, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 2006. Vol. 18
Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS in the United States
At the end of 2003, an estimated 1,039,000 to 1,185,000 persons in the United States were living with HIV/AIDS. In 2006, 35,314 new cases of HIV/AIDS in adults, adolescents, and children were diagnosed in the 33 states with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting. New HIV/AIDS diagnoses tell us how many people have been diagnosed with HIV or AIDS, but do not necessarily represent new HIV infections because a person may have been infected in years past but received a diagnosis in 2006. CDC plans to release the estimated number of new HIV infections this year.
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: Cases of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2006
The HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report is published annually by the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia.
MMWR: Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling of TB Patients—Livingstone District, Zambia, September 2004–December 2006
Tuberculosis (TB) is the second most common cause of death from infectious disease in the world after human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). Immunosuppressed HIV-infected persons are highly susceptible to TB disease, and countries in sub-Saharan Africa have the highest TB incidence rates, primarily because of the HIV epidemic.
HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM)
Surveillance slide set of HIV/AIDS cases among adult and adolescent men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States, from 1985 through 2005.
New HIV/AIDS Topic: Persons Aged 50 and Older
The number of persons aged 50 years and older living with HIV/AIDS has been increasing in recent years. This increase is partly due to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), which has made it possible for many HIV-infected persons to live longer, and partly due to newly diagnosed infections in persons over the age of 50.
Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS among Persons Aged 50 and Older
The number of persons aged 50 years and older living with HIV/AIDS has been increasing in recent years. This increase is partly due to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), which has made it possible for many HIV-infected persons to live longer, and partly due to newly diagnosed infections in persons over the age of 50.
New HIV/AIDS Topic: Travel
Travel resources for persons living with HIV/AIDS.
CDC Statement: CDC Underscores Current Recommendation for Preventing HIV Transmission
An article recently published by Switzerland’s Federal Commission for HIV/AIDS states that HIV-positive individuals on effective antiretroviral therapy are not at risk for transmitting HIV to their sexual partners under certain circumstances. The Commission acknowledges that there are no scientific data that the risk of transmission in these circumstances is zero. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) underscores its recommendation that people living with HIV who are sexually active use condoms consistently and correctly with all sex partners.