Southern Solidarity: HIV Advocacy Summit

State Network:

Texas HIV/AIDS Coalition

Fact Sheets:

Impact of the Affordable Care Act in Texas

Texas High-Risk Pools: Lessons from the Past

HIV and Ryan White in Texas

Texas HIV Diagnoses 2015 Fact Sheet

Texas HIV Death Rates 2015 Fact Sheet

State Network:

Tennessee AIDS Advocacy Network

Fact Sheets:

Impact of the Affordable Care Act in Tennessee

Tennessee High-Risk Pools: Lessons from the Past

HIV and Ryan White in Tennessee

Tennessee HIV Diagnoses 2015 Fact Sheet

Tennessee HIV Death Rates 2015 Fact Sheet

State Network:

South Carolina HIV Task Force

Fact Sheets:

Impact of the Affordable Care Act in South Carolina

South Carolina High-Risk Pools: Lessons from the Past

HIV and Ryan White in South Carolina

South Carolina HIV Diagnoses 2015 Fact Sheet

South Carolina HIV Death Rates 2015 Fact Sheet

State Network:

North Carolina AIDS Action Network

Fact Sheets:

Impact of the Affordable Care Act in North Carolina

North Carolina High-Risk Pools: Lessons from the Past

HIV and Ryan White in North Carolina

North Carolina HIV Diagnoses 2015 Fact Sheet

North Carolina HIV Death Rates 2015 Fact Sheet

State Network:

Mississippi Positive Network

Fact Sheets:

Impact of the Affordable Care Act in Mississippi

Mississippi High-Risk Pools: Lessons from the Past

HIV and Ryan White in Mississippi

Mississippi HIV Diagnoses 2015 Fact Sheet

Mississippi HIV Death Rates 2015 Fact Sheet

State Network:

Louisiana AIDS Advocacy Network

Fact Sheets:

Impact of the Affordable Care Act in Louisiana

Louisiana High-Risk Pools: Lessons from the Past

HIV and Ryan White in Louisiana

Louisiana HIV Diagnoses 2015 Fact Sheet

Louisiana HIV Death Rates 2015 Fact Sheet

State Network:

Georgia Equality

Fact Sheets:

Impact of the Affordable Care Act in Georgia

High-Risk Pools: Lessons from the Past

HIV and Ryan White in Georgia

Georgia HIV Diagnoses 2015 Fact Sheet

Georgia HIV Death Rates 2015 Fact Sheet

2017 Recommendations:

Single Tablet Regimens for Georgians on Medicaid

In 2015, black women accounted for 60% of new infections among women despite representing only 13% of the female population. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of these new diagnoses occurred in the South (CDC HIV Surveillance Report, Vol. 27, 2015), and the Deep South accounted for 48% of total new HIV diagnosis among black women in 2015.

Notably, two out of every three black gay or bisexual men who were diagnosed with HIV in 2015 lived in the South (CDC HIV Surveillance Report, Vol. 27, 2015), and 51% lived in the Deep South.

Of the 25 MSAs with the highest levels of MSM living with an HIV diagnosis, 21 were located in Southern states.*

In Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina, more than 15% of MSM were living with diagnosed HIV infections in 2012.*

44% of all people living with HIV were diagnosed in the South.

In 2015, the South accounted for more than one-half (51%) of all HIV diagnoses despite representing little more than one-third (37%) of the U.S. population*. That year, 8 of the 10 states with the highest rates of people newly diagnosed with HIV were in the South: District of Columbia, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Texas, and South Carolina.

The South is 52% of the Undiagnosed Infections in the U.S.* Consequently, fewer Southerners living with HIV receive timely medical care or treatment, fewer have their virus suppressed, and a disproportionate number are missing out on the opportunity to preserve their health and avoid transmitting HIV to their partners.

State Network:

Alabama HIV/AIDS Policy Partners

Fact Sheets:

Impact of the Affordable Care Act in Alabama

Alabama High-Risk Pools: Lessons from the Past

HIV and Ryan White in Alabama

Alabama HIV Diagnoses 2015 Fact Sheet

Alabama HIV Death Rates 2015 Fact Sheet

State Network:

Florida HIV/AIDS Advocacy Network

Fact Sheets:

Impact of the Affordable Care Act in Florida

Florida High-Risk Pools: Lessons from the Past

HIV and Ryan White in Florida

Florida HIV Diagnoses 2015 Fact Sheet

Florida HIV Death Rates 2015 Fact Sheet