Treatment as Prevention
Treating people with HIV rapidly and effectively leads to viral suppression. Viral
suppression is the percentage of people with diagnosed HIV infection who have an amount of HIV that is
less than 200 copies per milliliter of blood, in a given year.
Achieving and maintaining viral suppression improves the health of people with HIV and
prevents transmission of new infections. Data has shown that achieving viral suppression among people
with HIV is the most effective way to reduce new HIV infections as undetectable levels of virus in the
blood due to treatment means people cannot transmit the virus to others. The undetectable equals
untransmittable (U=U) campaign hopes to spread awareness that treatment can help in ending the HIV
epidemic.
Learn more about the U=U
campaign
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Current Rate
71.6%
Goal
90%