New blog post: 'The theme for this year's WorldAIDSDay reflects the lessons we have learned about the importance of strong partnerships with communities' WAD2019
Through PEPFAR, the USG has invested more than $85 billion in the global HIV response since 2003 –the largest commitment ever made by any nation to address a single disease. PEPFAR partners with communities in over 50 countries and targets our efforts to the most affected geographic areas and populations.
These efforts have saved more than 18 million lives by providing life-saving HIV treatment for nearly 15.7 million people; enabling more than 2.6 million babies to be born HIV-free to mothers living with HIV; driving reductions in new HIV diagnoses among adolescent girls and young women by 25% or more in nearly all regions implementing PEPFAR's pioneering DREAMS public-private partnership; and moving the HIV pandemic from crisis toward control – community by community.
And now we are dramatically accelerating our fight against HIV in the U.S. Less than a year ago, President Trump announced the launch of EHE—a once-in-a-generation opportunity to dramatically reduce the number of new HIV transmissions in the U.S. by 75% in five years and by 90% by 2030. EHE emphasizes routine HIV testing to achieve early diagnosis and enhances patient-centered care designed to help people living with HIV achieve and maintain undetectable viral loads. EHE will also make pre-exposure prophylaxis medication available to individuals at risk for HIV through a new program, we will announce in December.
Like PEPFAR, EHE focuses on geographic areas with high HIV transmission rates. EHE targets 50 U.S. jurisdictions that collectively account for more than half of all new HIV diagnoses and seven states with a high number of rural HIV cases. By concentrating our efforts where HIV has a disproportionate impact, wePEPFAR and EHE both depend on community engagement in planning, implementing, and monitoring activities designed to end the HIV pandemic.
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