The Baltimore City Commission on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment is calling for increased prevention efforts in the city to tackle rising rates of HIV among twentysomethings, the Baltimore Sun reports (baltimoresun.com, 3/28).
In a report released March 27, the commission cited recent data that showed that HIV infections among people ages 20 to 29 increased by 10 percent from 2000 to 2006. African Americans make up about 90 percent of new cases.
“Baltimore as a whole is not doing well,” said Dr. William Blattner, an epidemiologist who heads the commission. “We need to have a strategic plan so we can move ourselves out of the top 10 in a coordinated way.”
In the report, the commission called for better monitoring of prevention efforts by the city, new HIV/AIDS advertising campaigns to raise awareness and programs that will connect HIV-positive homeless people with housing and treatment.
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