A report released by GLAAD found the pandemic disrupted HIV prevention measures and patient care in the U.S.
in March, which examined HIV testing and HIV-positive rates in health care systems in Louisiana, Minnesota, Rhode Island, and Washington, found that from 2019 to 2020, HIV testing numbers decreased by 68% to 97%, and remained 11% to 54% lower than prior rates after some pandemic-era restrictions were lifted.Journal of the International Aids Society
The GLAAD report warns there is now a “real risk” of an HIV resurgence in the U.S. The authors of the report propose several changes to streamline the fight against HIV as new medical crises, such as, emerge. “We just lost two years,” says Sarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO of GLAAD. “We need folks to look up, wake up, and realize that we as a community and a country can walk and chew gum at the same time. We can deal with a major pandemic while not forgetting about our most marginalized folks.
The report warns that the disruptions in HIV care and prevention over the past two-plus years could be felt for many years to come. In September, the San Francisco Department of Public Healththat for the first time in nine years, the city saw an increase in the number of HIV diagnoses made from the previous reporting year.
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