Summary
GEORGIA'S INTEGRATED APPROACH TO COMPREHENSIVE HIV PREVENTION AND SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES - THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH (DPH), OFFICE OF HIV/AIDS (OHA), HIV PREVENTION PROGRAM (HPP) AND THE HIV SURVEILLANCE SECTION (HSS) HAVE DEVELOPED AN INTEGRATED PROPOSAL TO IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE, PERSON-CENTERED HIV PREVENTION AND SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM TO PREVENT NEW HIV INFECTIONS AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE WITH HIV. OUR APPROACH SEEKS TO DIAGNOSE PEOPLE WITH HIV (PWH) AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, TREAT PWH RAPIDLY TO REACH VIRAL SUPPRESSION, PREVENT NEW HIV TRANSMISSIONS, RESPOND TO HIV CLUSTERS AND OUTBREAKS, CONDUCT HIV SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES, AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND HIV PLANNING. THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT PERIOD, GEORGIA WILL IMPLEMENT CORE ACTIVITIES INCLUDING OPT-OUT HIV TESTING IN HEALTH CARE SETTINGS, LINKAGE TO CARE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF A POSITIVE TEST, EXPANDED ACCESS TO PREP, SUPPORT FOR ACHIEVING VIRAL SUPPRESSION, SOCIAL MARKETING CAMPAIGNS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF
