Research demonstrates that viral suppression is critical not only for the health and quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS, but for preventing further transmission of the disease.
These rates are below corresponding rates for Maryland and the nation overall. Fewer still, 27%, were on antiretroviral therapy, and just 19% achieved viral suppression. According to the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, only 65% of HIV diagnosed persons in the county were linked to care in 2010 and just over one-third (37%) of HIV diagnosed persons were retained in care. Prince George’s County is home to approximately one-fifth of all people living with HIV in Maryland, second only to Baltimore City. IPHi recently received prestigious national grants from the Kaiser Permanente National Community Benefit Fund at the East Bay Community Foundation, AIDS United, and M♺♼ AIDS Fund to launch the program, along with funding from Washington AIDS Partnership. and an expansion of similar efforts that IPHi coordinates in the District of Columbia and Virginia. The effort is a partnership with Prince George’s County Health Department, Greater Baden Medical Services, and Heart to Hand, Inc. WASHINGTON - ApPRLog - Washington, DC, ApThe Institute for Public Health Innovation (IPHi) today announced Total Health Partners, a new initiative in Prince George’s County, Maryland that will use highly trained community health workers to provide personalized assistance to people living with HIV/AIDS to help them link to and remain in HIV medical care.
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