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- Title
Progress and Challenges in "Getting to Zero" New HIV Infections in Miami, Florida.
- Authors
Escudero, Daniel Javier; Bennett, Brady; Suarez, Sarah; Darrow, William Ward; Mayer, Kenneth Hugh; Seage III, George Richard; Seage, George Richard 3rd
- Abstract
<bold>Objectives: </bold>Miami has the highest rate of new HIV diagnoses in the United States. We examined the early successes and challenges in fulfilling recommendations made by the Miami-Dade County HIV/AIDS Getting to Zero Task Force, formed by local experts in 2016.<bold>Methods: </bold>We used a host of surveillance data, published empirical studies, public reports, and unpublished data from partners of the Task Force to evaluate progress and challenges in meeting the recommendations.<bold>Results: </bold>Improvements in prevention and care included routinized HIV testing in emergency departments, moving the linkage-to-care benchmark from 90 to 30 days, increased viral suppression, and awareness of pre-exposure prophylaxis. However, treatment enrollment, viral suppression, and pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake remained low.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Recommendations from the Task Force provide excellent guidance for implementing evidence-based HIV prevention in Miami, yet success in achieving the recommendations will require continued or increased support in many public health sectors in South Florida.
- Subjects
MIAMI (Fla.); FLORIDA; MIAMI-Dade County (Fla.); HIV infections; HOSPITAL emergency services; PRE-exposure prophylaxis; TASK forces; HIV prevention
- Publication
Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2019, Vol 18, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2325-9582
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/2325958219852122