New CDC program focuses on those already infected. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is instituting a program to provide comprehensive HIV prevention services to those already infected. The goal is to prevent HIV positive people from transmitting the infection to others. Up to five long term demonstration projects will be funded with $3.9 million to start, in order to develop and assess program models that later may be expanded and adapted across the country. The program goals are to increase the proportion of people who know their serostatus, provide primary prevention services, assist people in obtaining medical care and other services, and provide training and quality assurance to people at high risk.