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Central Carolina Health Network Central Carolina Health Network
Kent Gam Kent Gammon-Pr
- President/CEO
/CEO
More than 1.2
1.2 millio million people in people in the US are the US are livin living g with with HIV HIV, and 1 1 in 8 in 8 (156K) of them don't know it. (156K) of them don't know it.
From 2005 to 2014, the annual number of new HIV
new HIV diag agnoses d noses decl clined 19% ined 19%.
Gay and bisexual men, particularly yo
young A g African can American gay an American gay and bisexu d bisexual men men, are most affected.
The rates of HIV and AIDS diagn
HIV and AIDS diagnoses ar ses are hi e higher i er in the South the South.
The South genera
South generally lly is be is behind othe hind other regions r regions in some key HIV prevention and care indicators.
New AIDS diagn
New AIDS diagnose ses: In 2015, the South accounted South accounted for 52% (9,601) of the for 52% (9,601) of the 18,303 new 18,303 new AIDS AIDS diagnoses diagnoses in the United States
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