WPRO News and the Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — State and city officials have signed on to an effort to ensure nearly everyone who is infected with HIV is diagnosed and treated.
The Rhode Island Department of Health and the city of Providence on Monday announced they were joining the international “90 90 90” campaign.
The campaign aims to ensure that by 2020, 90 percent of people with HIV are diagnosed and know they’re infected, are connected with medical care and treatment, and have suppressed viral loads, meaning the infection is less likely to be transmitted.
The state says 89 percent of the more than 2,800 Rhode Islanders who are HIV-positive know of their diagnosis, compared with 86 percent nationally.
Sixty percent are getting treatment, compared with 40 percent nationally. Fifty-six percent have suppressed viral loads, compared with 30 percent nationally.
