{"id":27701,"date":"2015-01-29T12:07:33","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T12:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/?p=27701"},"modified":"2015-01-30T17:52:59","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T17:52:59","slug":"new-york-announces-new-policy-to-dramatically-reduce-hiv-incidence-by-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/27701","title":{"rendered":"New York announces new policy to dramatically reduce HIV incidence by 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27789\" class=\" wp-image-27789  \" alt=\"Charles King summarises new prevention plans for New York State.\" src=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Charles-King-video-graphic-300x262.png\" width=\"240\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Charles-King-video-graphic-300x262.png 300w, https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Charles-King-video-graphic-343x300.png 343w, https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Charles-King-video-graphic.png 476w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-27789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles King summarises new prevention plans for New York State.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Simon Collins, HIV i-Base<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On 13 January 2015, a new strategy was announced to reduce HIV incidence in New York State to 25% of current rates by 2020.<\/strong> [1]<\/p>\n<p>The policy is based on results from a task force convened by the New York State Department of Health (DOH) in October 2014 and enacted by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. [2, 3] the policy is based on three key goals.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To identifying people with HIV who are not yet diagnosed and to link them to health care.<\/li>\n<li>To link and retain people in health care who are already diagnosed with HIV, and to increase use of HIV treatment to 85% of people to maximise viral suppression so they remain healthy and prevent further transmission.<\/li>\n<li>To facilitate access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for people at high risk of HIV to keep them HIV negative.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last year, 3000 people were diagnosed with HIV in New York, and the target for 2020 is to reduce this to less than 750, representing a reduction of 75%.<\/p>\n<p>The task force included over 70 activists, health service providers, researchers, and public health professionals and met intensively over the past four months, reviewing over 300 recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>Meeting proceeding are webcast [4] and the concluding statements by activist and co-chair Charles King from Housing Works are especially important. [5]<\/p>\n<h3>Comment<\/h3>\n<p><strong>It is important that there was political leadership and support for this initiative.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Last month, Public Health England reported over 7000 new diagnoses in the UK last year, the majority of which were related to recent infections.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It is time that UK prevention initiatives also set ambitious and achievable targets for reducing new infections. These absolute goals can be used to evaluate efficacy of these programmes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>TAG and Housing Works. Joint Press release. Governor Cuomo&#8217;s Ending the Epidemic Task Force Completes Plan to End AIDS in NY State by 2020. (13 January 2015).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.treatmentactiongroup.org\/hiv\/2015\/ending-epidemic-task-force-completes-plan-end-aids-ny-state-2020\">http:\/\/www.treatmentactiongroup.org\/hiv\/2015\/ending-epidemic-task-force-completes-plan-end-aids-ny-state-2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ending the Epidemic Task Force: Recommendations<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/diseases\/aids\/ending_the_epidemic\/index.htm\">https:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/diseases\/aids\/ending_the_epidemic\/index.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Albany Governor Cuomo Announces Task Force to Develop Plan to End AIDS Epidemic. (14 October 2014).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/governor-cuomo-announces-task-force-develop-plan-end-aids-epidemic\">http:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/governor-cuomo-announces-task-force-develop-plan-end-aids-epidemic<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ending the Epidemic Task Force. Meeting materials and webcasts.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/diseases\/aids\/ending_the_epidemic\/meetings\/index.htm\">https:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/diseases\/aids\/ending_the_epidemic\/meetings\/index.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Charles King, NY State&#8217;s Ending the [AIDS] Epidemic Task Force. Closing remarks (15 January 2015).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G4YVt2SbQ_o\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G4YVt2SbQ_o<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Collins, HIV i-Base On 13 January 2015, a new strategy was announced to reduce HIV incidence in New York State to 25% of current rates by 2020. 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