HIV 90-90-90 Initiative
Mission
To assure that 90% of people living with HIV will know their status; 90% of people living with HIV will be engaged in HIV care, and 90% of people living with HIV will have viral suppression, by 2020. RIDOH leads this initiative through an advisory committee that meets regularly.
What we do
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Assure that anyone who may have been exposed to HIV is contacted by the Partner Services Program, knows their risk, and is tested.
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Provide rapid HIV tests to people who may have been exposed to HIV.
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Promote awareness and help individuals in high-risk groups find doctors and access preventive healthcare.
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Support ENCORE needle exchange program and The Miriam Hospital STD Clinic.
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Promote awareness for high risk groups about the importance of HIV testing and fund community-based agencies to conduct rapid HIV testing.
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Connect patients who have missed doctor’s appointments back into care for case management services that help patients access housing, mental health, and nutrition services.
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Convene the Rhode Island Adolescent Sexual Health Task Force, in cooperation with the Rhode Island Department of Education.
Accomplishments
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Re-engaged in care 100% of HIV patients identified as out of care.
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Distributed 495,000 condoms in 2017 — up 15% from the previous year — at 90 locations statewide.
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Conducted 2,626 HIV tests among high-risk individuals in 2017 at over 40 locations in partnership with community-based organizations.
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Funded the ENCORE Needle Exchange Program to distribute over 95,000 clean needles in 2017.
Rhode Island Department of Health