HIV Testing

[Beebow]

NATIONAL HIV TESTING DAY

June 27, 2016. HIV testing is the only way to know for sure if someone has HIV. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in eight people in the United States infected with HIV don’t know it.  Gay and bisexual men are more severely affected by HIV than any other group in the United States.

Among all gay and bisexual men, black/African American gay and bisexual men bear a disproportionate burden of HIV. From 2008 to 2010, HIV infections among young black/African American gay and bisexual men increased 20%.

Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) a represent approximately 2% of the United States population, yet are the population most severely affected by HIV. In 2010, young gay and bisexual men (aged 13-24 years) accounted for 72% of new HIV infections among all persons aged 13 to 24, and 30% of new infections among all gay and bisexual men. At the end of 2011, an estimated 500,022 (57%) persons living with an HIV diagnosis in the United States were gay and bisexual men, or gay and bisexual men who also inject drugs.

More info and check from here http://nationalhivtestingday.com

[System]

This discussion was created from comments split from: No condom – what do you do?.

[MsBlueStreak]

Hey @Beebow thanks for sharing this information with our community. I’ve separated it out into its own thread. 

You may also be interested to learn about this thread about HIV and AIDS in Australia.  The good news is that thanks to excellent treatment here in Australia, we are very close to ending the conversion of HIV to AIDS.

You can also learn about how easy it is to get tested for STIs here.

[Author]

Posts