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-- Program Information
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 HIV/AIDS PREVENTION PROGRAM
Program Director: Linda Ebbert
HIV/AIDs Program funded by Department of Health & Family Services.
The HIV/AIDS Program has 6 different components:
- HIV/AIDS education
- Summits/Conferences
- Technical Assistance
- Developing Capacity Building
- Educational Materials
- Mini-Grants
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-- The Wisconsin AIDS/HIV Program
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Assumes public health responsibilities for the following programs and activities.
The Surveillance and Epidemiologic Investigation Program monitors reported cases of HIV infection and AIDS. It compiles epidemiologic information and actively solicits case reports through formal contacts with laboratories, clinicians, and health care facilities.
The Counseling, Testing, and Referral Program is a statewide network of HIV antibody counseling, testing, and referral services staffed by trained counselors in local agencies. Clients receive risk assessment, personalized risk reduction education, free or low-cost testing, and referral for medical and supportive services.
Partner Counseling and Referral Services (PCRS) offers persons reported with AIDS and HIV infection assistance in notifying sexual and needle-sharing partners that they may be at risk for HIV infection. PCRS staff notify partners of possible risk exposures without disclosing the identity of the infected partner. PCRS provide clients with HIV access to free, voluntary and confidential counseling, and referral for medical and support services.
Prevention Education and Risk Reduction activities target individuals and communities at risk for acquiring or transmitting HIV. Examples of targeted groups include men who have sex with men, injection and other drug users, communities of color, at risk women, HIV positive persons, and incarcerated individuals. Prevention education focuses on maintaining and sustaining positive health behaviors. The Wisconsin HIV Prevention Community Planning Council plays a key role in prevention program planning at state and local levels.
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Stop AIDS in Children
In line with this year's theme, AVERT is running the Stop AIDS in Children campaign to call for urgent action in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT).
Currently only 9% of pregnant women living with HIV in the developing world are provided with drugs to prevent the virus being transmitted to their babies. As a result, nearly half a million children become infected with HIV every year. The Stop AIDS in Children campaign is calling on governments and international agencies to urgently improve PMTCT coverage worldwide.
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| Research has revealed a great deal of valuable medical, scientific, and public health information about the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The ways in which HIV can be transmitted have been clearly identified. Unfortunately, false information or statements that are not supported by scientific findings continue to be shared widely through the Internet or popular press. Therefore, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has prepared this fact sheet to correct a few misperceptions about HIV. |
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HIV is spread by sexual contact with an infected person, by sharing needles and/or syringes (primarily for drug injection) with someone who is infected, or, less commonly (and now very rarely in countries where blood is screened for HIV antibodies), through transfusions of infected blood or blood clotting factors. Babies born to HIV-infected women may become infected before or during birth or through breast-feeding after birth.
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-- Minority HIV/AIDS
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The Minority HIV/AIDS Demonstration Project began in September 1999 and is funded by a grant from the federal Office of Minority Health. This project was developed by the Division of Public Health in response to the Congressional Black Caucus "state of emergency" initiative to decrease HIV infection and AIDS, particularly in African American communities. Wisconsin Minority HIV Needs Assessment (PDF, 52 KB)
The Minority Health Program and the HIV/AIDS Program are coordinating a statewide plan of services and resources that best meet the identified needs of minority populations disproportionately at risk.
The Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services has established contracts with community-based organizations serving predominantly African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, and American Indian populations. |
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