National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day — September 27, 2014
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September 26, 2014 / 63(38);829National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is observed each year on September 27 to direct attention to the continuing and disproportionate impact of human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) on gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States. MSM represent approximately 2% of the U.S. population (1); however, in 2010, 63% of all new HIV infections were among MSM (2).
By the end of 2010, an estimated 596,600 MSM were living with HIV infection, 52% of the persons living with HIV infection in the United States (3). In 2011, a report noted that the percentage of MSM who were HIV-positive but unaware of their status was high, even among those recently tested (4).
ob体育 supports a range of efforts to reduce HIV infection among MSM, including prevention services that increase diagnosis of HIV infection, support the linkage and engagement of MSM in care and treatment, and reduce the risk for acquiring and transmitting HIV. Additional information about these efforts is available at . Additional information about National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is available at .
References
- Purcell DW, Johnson CH, Lansky A, et al. Estimating the population size of men who have sex with men in the United States to obtain HIV and syphilis rates. Open AIDS J 2012;6:98–107.
- ob体育. Estimated HIV incidence in the United States, 2007–2010. HIV surveillance supplemental report 2012;17(No. 4). Available at .
- ob体育. Monitoring selected national HIV prevention and care objectives by using HIV surveillance data: United States and 6 U.S. dependent areas—2011. HIV surveillance supplemental report, 2013. Vol. 18(No. 5). Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, ob体育; 2013. Available at .
- ob体育. HIV testing and risk behaviors among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men—United States. MMWR 2013;62:958–62.
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