Public
health departments in the United States have been at the forefront of HIV
education, testing and surveillance. Effectiveness of education programs is
unclear as the incidence of HIV has remained relatively constant from 2008 to
2014 at approximately 45,000 (±3,000) cases per year . The effects of testing
and surveillance are much clearer.
For example, during 2011 nearly 1.6 million
individuals were tested for HIV by public health departments and over 22,000 were
found to be HIV positive. In the United States, all HIV infections are reported
to local and state health departments where they provide a picture of local HIV
trends. These data are then forwarded to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and form the basis of an accurate picture of the trends in the epidemic
for the whole country. Read more>>>>>>>>>>
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