The American College of Preventive Medicine is honored to be selected by the Centers for Disease Control as a member of the Partnering and Communicating Together (PACT) multi-year initiative to amplify theCDC's Let's Stop HIV Together (Together) campaign, which aims to reduce new HIV infections by promoting testing, prevention, treatment strategies and ending HIV stigma.
Developed by the CDC, The CDC Let’s Stop HIV Together Toolkit includes ready-to-use social media content, multimedia and digital products and other tools to help increase HIV screening, promote prevention strategies for patients placed at increased risk, and improve patient care through treatment and viral suppression.
In addition, CDC HIV Nexus is a comprehensive website that offers health care providers the latest scientific evidence, guidelines, and resources.
ACPM has assisted CDC efforts to promote the Together campaign through:
- Digital Marketing/Social Media
- Community Outreach
- Material Dissemination
- Digital Articles
- Zip Code Searches
You can help promote the Together campaign to patients and colleagues using these available resources . If you would like to join ACPM in the fight to End HIV, please contact our PACT Project Coordinator.
PACT Project Coordinator: Mira Agneshwar, magneshwar@acpm.orgStatistics of HIV
- The primary goal of the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative is to reduce the annual number of new HIV infections by 75% by 2025 and by at least 90% by 2030.
- The estimated number of new HIV infections in 2022 (31,800) decreased 12% compared with 2018 (36,200), driven by a 30% decrease among young people aged 13-24 years.
- At year-end 2022, an estimated 1,238,000 persons aged ≥13 years were living with HIV, including 1,079,751 (87.2%) persons with diagnosed HIV.