AHF Opens State-of-the-Art HIV Healthcare Center on Capitol Hill
Retrieved on:
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
“Our treatment model helps eliminate barriers for those already in care, those who may not know their HIV status, and those living with HIV who may not currently be in care.”
Key Points:
- “Our treatment model helps eliminate barriers for those already in care, those who may not know their HIV status, and those living with HIV who may not currently be in care.”
“Our Capitol Hill Healthcare Center has no waiting room, so patients immediately are escorted to treatment rooms and serviced from a centrally located provider workstation,” said Mike McVicker, AHF Regional Director, DC, Maryland, Virginia. - “The goal is to maximize efficiency using this patient-centered model to improve health outcomes and increase retention in care.”
Currently, 11,904 District of Columbia residents (1.8% of the population) are living with HIV. - The disease disproportionately affects Black residents who make up about 44 percent of DC’s population but nearly three-quarters of HIV cases.
- AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest HIV/AIDS healthcare organization, provides cutting-edge medicine and advocacy to more than 1.8 million individuals across 45 countries, including the U.S. and in Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region, and Eastern Europe.