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130 new HIV cases predicted in Kanawha County by end of year
by: Larisa Casillas
Posted: Dec 15, 2021 / 08:41 AM EST / Updated: Dec 15, 2021 / 08:41 AM EST
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — COVID-19 has been making headlines for nearly two years now, but community health groups in Kanawha County want people to remember that the HIV outbreak has not gone away.
Covenant House, West Virginia Health Right, and the Ryan White CAMC Program have been working in partnership together to address the HIV outbreak.
On Tuesday they unveiled a new report they collaborated on.
They say a molecular cluster has been found in Kanawha County that is spreading at 12 times the rate of the national average.
In a recent social media post by Covenant House, the organization describes giving a young HIV-positive man two weeks’ worth of clothing, nutritional food, clean syringes, and they began working on housing opportunities for him — all in one visit.
These kinds of services, they say, will help stop the spread of HIV in Kanawha County: stable housing, case management, and prevention...
130 new HIV cases predicted in Kanawha County by end of year
by: Larisa Casillas
Posted: Dec 15, 2021 / 08:41 AM EST / Updated: Dec 15, 2021 / 08:41 AM EST
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — COVID-19 has been making headlines for nearly two years now, but community health groups in Kanawha County want people to remember that the HIV outbreak has not gone away.
Covenant House, West Virginia Health Right, and the Ryan White CAMC Program have been working in partnership together to address the HIV outbreak.
On Tuesday they unveiled a new report they collaborated on.
They say a molecular cluster has been found in Kanawha County that is spreading at 12 times the rate of the national average.
In a recent social media post by Covenant House, the organization describes giving a young HIV-positive man two weeks’ worth of clothing, nutritional food, clean syringes, and they began working on housing opportunities for him — all in one visit.
These kinds of services, they say, will help stop the spread of HIV in Kanawha County: stable housing, case management, and prevention...
