Panel 1: Why the AETC?
HIV Care Continuum Of all PLWH in the U.S., 70% are not virally suppressed. 2 This chart represents the HIV care continuum in reverse. The HIV care continuum is the model used by the federal, state and local agencies to identify issues related to improving the delivery of care to people living with HIV in the United States. 2 The continuum has 5 main steps: HIV diagnosis, linkage to care, staying in care, receiving combination antiretroviral therapy or cART, and viral suppression. We reversed the chart to demonstrate the urgency in increasing the rate of viral suppression – the final step of the care of continuum. 70% not virally suppressed 63% not prescribed cART 60% not retained in care 20% not linked to care 14% undiagnosed
Panel 3: 3 out of 4 PLWH are not virally suppressed
Panel 4: 25 million Americans will get insurance under the ACA
Panel 5: AETC Program helps transform healthcare
Panel 6: Supports education and practice
Panel 7: AETC Network Map
Panel 8: References Check the facts: 1.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2013) HIV in the United States: At a Glance. Retrieved from website Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention. (2014) Understanding the HIV Care Continuum. Retrieved from website website 3.Congressional Budget Office. (2014) Updated Estimates of the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Retrieved from website Health Resources and Services Administration. (2014) Shortage Designation: Health Professional Shortage Areas & Medically Underserved Areas/Populations. Retrieved from website PubMed.gov. (2006) Morality in the highly active antiretroviral therapy area: changing causes of death and disease in the HIV outpatient study. Retrieved from website
Panel 9: Funding attribution This product is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U1OHA28686 (AIDS Education and Training Center National Coordinating Resource Center) awarded to the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center from the Rutgers University School of Nursing. No percentage of this project was financed with non- governmental sources. This information or content and conclusions are those of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.