World AIDS Day Recognized in Wisconsin

Friday, December 1st, 2023 -- 8:01 AM

(Bob Hague, WRN) Today is World AIDS Day.

Wisconsin Department of Health Services Health Officer Paula Tran said the annual event is a reminder of the global struggle to end stigma associated with human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV.

According to the recently published 2022 Wisconsin HIV Surveillance Annual Report, the number of people newly diagnosed with HIV has increased over the last two years.

Approximately one out of three new HIV diagnoses during 2022 were among young cisgender men under 30, with Black and Latino men disproportionately affected by HIV in Wisconsin.

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