Goal 4: Increase Access and Engagement in Care
Objective 1: Increase the percentage of newly HIV diagnosed persons in Long Beach who access HIV medical care within 30 days of their HIV diagnosis to at least 85%.
1a. Improve reporting of newly diagnosed HIV cases to the Health Department.
1b. Strengthen coordination across medical providers and non-profit organizations who provide testing to ensure linkage to HIV care and treatment within 30 days of new HIV diagnosis.
1c. Utilize and increase the number of Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS) to identify and link individuals into care and treatment.
1d. Provide every person newly diagnosed HIV information about HIV Support Groups in Long Beach.
Objective 2: Increase viral suppression of persons living with HIV (PLWH) to at least 90%.
2a. Create and provide effective interventions for medical providers who engage with individuals who are non-adherent to HIV medication to support in re-engaging individual back into care.
2b. Deliver consistent and routine messaging that an undetectable viral load means that HIV is untransmittable (U=U) to all patients living with HIV utilizing medical providers and support systems.
2c. Utilize DIS to locate individuals who have fallen out of HIV care and re-engage them to care.
2d. Empower people living with HIV/AIDS to help themselves and others around issues related to prevention and care.
Objective 3: Ensure an additional 10 high burden clinics carry/administer treatment for chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis.
Strategy 3a. Assist in acquiring syphilis medication for providers.
Strategy 3b. Promote patient delivered partner therapy (PDPT) among providers and help connect providers with Essential Access Health to deliver FREE PDPT for chlamydia and gonorrhea.