The federal initiative aims to cut the number of new HIV infections nationwide by 75% by 2025 and 90% by 2030. But people living with HIV, doctors, infectious disease experts, community groups and some of the nation’s top HIV officials say the initiative could miss its main 2030 goal.
The federal government’s ambitious plan to end the HIV epidemic, launched in 2019, has generated new ways to reach at-risk populations in targeted communities across the South. But health officials, advocates, and people living with HIV worry significant headwinds will keep the program from reaching its goals.
The plan launched in 2019 has generated ways to reach at-risk populations across the South. But health officials, advocates and people living with HIV worry significant headwinds will keep the program from reaching its goals.