Pennsylvania’s Physician General emphasized the importance of HIV disease education for health professionals working with transgender individuals on Thursday at the World AIDS Day Conference in Pittsburgh.
The World AIDS Day 2016 Conference brought together experts in the field of HIV to develop skills to identify and effectively treat individuals diagnosed with HIV disease, and to recognize signs and symptoms in a diverse population. The conference was held at the University of Pittsburgh’s MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center.
“Helping medical professionals better understand how to prevent and treat HIV disease in the transgender community can be a matter of life and death,” said Dr. Rachel Levine. “Today we remember those we have lost to this terrible virus, commit to stopping the spread of HIV disease, and help those suffering from it.”
The World AIDS Day 2016 Conference brought together experts in the field of HIV to develop skills to identify and effectively treat individuals diagnosed with HIV disease, and to recognize signs and symptoms in a diverse population. The conference was held at the University of Pittsburgh’s MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center.
Currently, an estimated 1.1 million people in the United States and 34 million people globally live with HIV infection. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Pennsylvania had the tenth-highest total number of HIV diagnoses of all states in 2013.
