Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States

Am J Nurs. 2020 Mar;120(3):21-22. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000656304.84951.da.

¹ Hanna B. Demeke is a nurse consultant in the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP), National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta. Eugene McCray is director of the DHAP, and Hazel D. Dean, former deputy director of the NCHHSTP, is now associate director of the CDC's Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services and editor-in-chief of Public Health Reports. Contact author: Hanna B. Demeke, mln7@cdc.gov. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the CDC.

Abstract

A new initiative aims to reduce new infections by 75% within five years.