Giving Compass' Take:

• In this story from The Hill, author Jessie Hellmann discusses recent data out of the CDC which suggests that the vast majority of the spreading of HIV comes from a minority of patients who are not receiving treatment.

• How can the nonprofit sector ensure that a greater portion of the infected population receives treatment? How can the nonprofit sector minimize the number of people who are unaware that they have the HIV virus?

• To learn about what it would take to end HIV within the next 10 years, click here.


Thirty-eight percent of people with HIV weren't receiving treatment and were linked to 81 percent of new infections of the virus, according to 2016 data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Monday. Of the 1.1 million people living with HIV in the U.S. in 2016, 15 percent were unaware they had the virus and were linked to 38 percent of new infections, according to the data. Twenty-three percent of people knew they had HIV but weren't in care and were linked to 43 percent of new infections that year.

The CDC said the data prove the effort to end HIV in the U.S. needs to focus on quickly diagnosing those who have it, treating them as soon as possible and protecting people who are at risk of getting it. The new strategy to end HIV will focus on expanding access to treatment and prevention medication. But some HIV/AIDS experts say that the $291 million in extra funding that federal agencies ask for in the 2020 budget request is not enough.

Read the full article about HIV/AIDS by Jessie Hellmann at The Hill