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Despite national guidelines, private insurers, ER, federal and state agencies fail to routinely test for HIV

Date:11/20/2008

ts were tested, and 15 (0.8) percent were confirmed HIV-positive. All were linked to care, although one late-testing patient died during hospitalization.

City-wide testing campaigns in Oakland, California, Washington, DC, and New York City, have made significant progress, as have state-wide efforts in Florida and North Carolina. Innovative programs are reaching high-risk populations: In New Orleans, health workers have gone into bars and bath houses to test MSM, and mobile testing vans have reached Latino immigrant communities in the same city. Meanwhile, door-to-door testing in North Carolina, New York City and Pennsylvania has increased diagnosis.

In Washington, D.C., one group, Metro TeenAIDS, frequently goes to college campuses to persuade students to learn about their status. One of those involved in the effort is Chris Barnhill, 21, who tested positive when he was 16. He had been infected at birth, but didn't know it until he took the test.

"If I hadn't gotten tested, I would have gotten sicker and sicker,'' he said. "I wouldn't have known what was going on. I would have found out on my deathbed that I had AIDS, when it would be too late.''

State policies are also changing. While laws in 10 states remain incompatible with CDC guidelines, since 2006, at least 16 states have passed legislation conforming more closely to them.

"Model programs have demonstrated what is possible," Mayer said. "Now, it is time to move from isolated successes to a national movement. The barriers must be removed."

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Contact: Katy Lenard
klenard@burnesscommunications.com
202-494-2584
Forum for Collaborative HIV Research
Source:Eurekalert

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