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Health Commission hears HIV epidemiology update as DPH outlines Health Access Points and Getting to 0 priorities
Summary
San Francisco Department of Public Health presented its 2021 HIV epidemiology report and outlined Getting to 0 priorities, including Health Access Points (HAPs) launching Jan. 1, 2023, targeted funding for Black and Latinx populations, and plans to expand PrEP, DoxyPEP research and rapid ART restart protocols. Commissioners pressed staff for implementation timelines and disaggregated service data.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health on Oct. 4 presented its 2021 HIV epidemiology report to the Health Commission and described a slate of program changes aimed at narrowing persistent disparities.
Dr. Scott, a physician in the DPH epidemiology and Getting to 0 steering committee, told commissioners that new HIV diagnoses in the city remain below 2019 levels but rose slightly from 138 to 160 in 2021. "Overall in San Francisco, we have about 15,600 people living with HIV," Dr. Scott said, and he noted that more than 70 percent of those individuals are 50 or older. He flagged widening gaps in care for people experiencing homelessness and increases in overdose deaths among people living with HIV.
DPH outlined a set of Getting…
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