REGISTER and look for December 2, 2015.
This World AIDS Day program, jointly sponsored by Positive Health Clinic, Allegheny General Hospital; Pittsburgh AIDS Center for Treatment, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center will be held December 2, 2015 at West Penn Hospital, 4800 Friendship Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 1.2 million people are living with HIV in the US. One in eight (13%) of those people living with HIV is unaware of their infection. Despite increases in the total number of people living with HIV, the annual number of new HIV infections has remained relatively stable. However, new infectionsa continue at far too high a level, with an estimated 50,000 Americans becoming infected with HIV each year. Pennsylania is ranked seventh in the nation, with 31,400 Pennsylvanians living with HIV/AIDS.
This program will address the latest updates in HIV medical care and available HIV medications; the apropriate use of PrEP; the National HIV Strategy; the intersection of HIV infection and Intravenous drug use, substance use and the local and national opiate overdose epidemic and "AIDS Free Pittsburgh".