D.C. wants 50 percent cut in new HIV cases by 2020

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D.C. wants 50 percent cut in new HIV cases by 2020

At D.C.'s World Aids Day Proclamation signing ceremony clockwise from top left: D.C. Department of Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, D.C. Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Brenda Donald, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and International Association of Providers of AIDS Care President Jose Zuniga. (91欧美激情/Kristi King) — At D.C.’s World Aids Day Proclamation signing ceremony clockwise from top left: D.C. Department of Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, D.C. Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Brenda Donald, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and International Association of Providers of AIDS Care President Jose Zuniga. (91欧美激情/Kristi King)

Pat Nalls is Founder/Executive Director of The Women鈥檚 Collective policy and advocacy group in D.C. that serves women at-risk and living with HIV. Her earrings are made by women living with HIV in the U.S. and sold to raise money for them to attend conferences, etc. (91欧美激情/Kristi King)

"In 2013, there were no babies born with HIV [in D.C.] and that's a good thing," Mayor Muriel Bowser said at Tuesday鈥檚 signing ceremony. The proclamation Bowser signed says the city has a goal of decreasing new HIV cases by 50 percent by 2020. (91欧美激情/Kristi King) — “In 2013, there were no babies born with HIV [in D.C.] and that’s a good thing,” Mayor Muriel Bowser said at Tuesday鈥檚 signing ceremony. The proclamation Bowser signed says the city has a goal of decreasing new HIV cases by 50 percent by 2020. (91欧美激情/Kristi King)

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WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, D.C. and Baltimore recognized 鈥淲orld AIDS Day鈥� by joining a worldwide network of cities committed to ending the disease as a public health threat.

Under the , cities with high HIV rates pledge to end the disease as a threat by 2030. Over the next five years, the cities will work to achieve their 鈥�90-90-90鈥� goals:

90 percent of people living with HIV knowing their HIV status
90 percent of people living with HIV, who know their HIV-positive status, are on antiretroviral therapy
90 percent of people living with HIV, on antiretroviral therapy, achieving viral suppression

Beyond those goals, participating cities will work to exchange best practices. D.C. has helpful strategies to share in that regard.

“In 2013, there were no babies born with HIV [in D.C.] and that’s a good thing,” Mayor Muriel Bowser said at Tuesday鈥檚 signing ceremony.

That鈥檚 an “incredible accomplishment,” said Jose Zuniga, president of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care.

The elimination of mother-to-child transmission means the city is 鈥渄oing the right things in the right places, and absolutely at the right time,” he said. “Now we need to do that with children and adults.鈥�

D.C. has one of the nation’s highest HIV rates. More than 16,400 residents — or 2.5 percent of the population — are living with HIV, .

The proclamation Bowser signed says the city has a goal of decreasing new HIV cases by 50 percent by 2020.

Kristi King

Kristi King is a veteran reporter who has been working in the 91欧美激情 newsroom since 1990. She covers everything from breaking news to consumer concerns and the latest medical developments.