New York City HIV Status Neutral Prevention and Treatment Cycle

The NYC Health Department has developed the New York City HIV Status Neutral Prevention and Treatment Cycle to highlight several key messages that are not included in the traditional HIV care continuum. This new paradigm outlines the steps that can lead to an undetectable viral load (when HIV medications work and you have so little HIV in your blood that tests cannot detect it) and steps for effective HIV prevention (such as using condoms and taking Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, also known as PrEP).

Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health Care Settings

These guidelines, “Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health Care Settings” were published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), on September 12, 2006 [55(RR14);1-17]. General consent for medical care should be considered sufficient to encompass consent for HIV testing.

Effective Interventions

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s High Impact HIV/AIDS Prevention Project (HIP).

Updated PEP Guidelines for Nonoccupational Exposure – 2016

This document details the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Updated Guidelines for Antiretroviral Postexposure Prophylaxis After Sexual, Injection Drug Use, or Other Nonoccupational Exposure to HIV—United States, 2016.”

HIV Care Continuum

This resource describes the HIV care continuum, which consists of several steps required to achieve a suppressed viral load in the blood: linkage to and engagement in clinical care and taking HIV medications.