Complacency, Heroin Use Could Increase Hiv Cases

In spite of ongoing education and prevention efforts, the rate of infection in the state has remained constant over the past decade in Kentucky. But now it seems to be on the rise, according to Mark Royse, executive director of AVOL which serves clients with HIV and AIDS in 72 Kentucky counties. “With people now, the consciousness of HIV and AIDS is of poor little orphans in another country,” Royse told the Lexington Herald-leader (http://bit.ly/1c2VP8T). “They think people aren’t dealing with this at home.” Since the introduction of antiretroviral drugs in the late 1990s, the ability to manage HIV and AIDS has increased, and the urgency to avoid infection has waned, Royse said. Although the numbers haven’t been officially tabulated, health department officials are seeing more and more young people contract HIV, said John Moses, HIV and AIDS outreach specialist for the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department. You will find the original content at this website http://www.lex18.com/news/complacency-heroin-use-could-increase-hiv-cases/
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