Georgia DPH 2024: 64% of Georgians diagnosed with HIV were virally suppressed. Goal: 95%. Linked to care in 30 days: 81%.
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GA DPH 2024: Georgia has the 2nd highest new HIV diagnosis rate in America, adjusted for population. 2,478 diagnosed here in 2024 - 26 per 100,000. Nearly 70,000 Georgians living with HIV.
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CDC 2022: 2,605 American men were diagnosed with HIV through heterosexual sex - about 50 a week. 58% were Black men. Not somebody else's virus. - Derek Canas
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@FCN2go CDC 2022: only 84.8% of men with HIV from heterosexual sex are diagnosed - the lowest of any group of men. About 1 in 7 don't know. Get tested. - Derek Canas
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Only 5 verified 501(c)(3) nonprofits in the US state support for heterosexual men with HIV. Just 3 name them in current programs. One of the five is mine. Missing from the missions. We fight for them.
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38,765 Americans were diagnosed with HIV in 2024. Nearly 1.2 million are living with it right now. Down 18% since 2008 progress, not victory. The South still carries the greatest burden in the country.
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Stigma is growing, and I can prove it with one number.
41% of Americans say they'd be uncomfortable with a barber or hairstylist living with HIV UP from 37% the year before. A third wouldn't be comfortable with a teacher with HIV. https://t.co/Yd3NxHNRR3
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Georgia runs on Ryan White. In FY2024 the program put $133,106,947 into HIV care in this state - Part A through F plus Ending the Epidemic money. It's the payer of last resort: 71,500 people were living with HIV in Georgia in 2023. https://t.co/Yd3NxHOpGB
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In the South, Black people account for 48% of new HIV diagnoses but only 23% of PrEP users. That's not a usage gap. That's an access gap. Prevention has to reach the people carrying the heaviest burden. Derek Canas
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Median drive to HIV care from a rural county: 90 minutes - over twice the urban median. Nearly 1 in 5 Americans diagnosed with HIV live 30+ min from care; 54% of them are in the South. Distance shouldn't decide who gets care. - Derek Canas
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10 states still won't expand Medicaid. Most are in the South. Medicaid covers 40% of people with HIV it's the #1 source of coverage. The gap is a policy choice, and it's Southern. https://t.co/Yd3NxHNRR3 #HIV#HIVAwareness#REKSTIGMA
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HIV work is thankless for one reason: the people it helps most can't say thank you. Liking a post can mean telling the world your status. The silence isn't empty it's full of people who needed the message. The wins are invisible. They're still wins. #HIV#REKSTIGMA
Twenty-five years ago today, 2,977 lives taken. We remember every name. We honor the survivors still carrying that day, and the first responders who ran toward danger when everyone else ran from it. Take a moment today. Say their names. #NeverForget#September11
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