August 17, 2015

Daytona Beach, Fla. - The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County released Healthy Volusia’s quarterly report examining HIV/AIDS in Volusia County.

HIV/AIDS is considered a pandemic; a disease outbreak presenting over a large area and is actively spreading. CDC estimates 1.5 million people died from AIDS-related illnesses in 2013 and an estimated 39 million people with AIDS have died worldwide since the epidemic began. As of 2013, nearly 35.3 million people were living with HIV globally; 1.2 million in the U.S., 106,335 in Florida and 1,410 people in Volusia County.

Some highlights of the report are:

• Black and Hispanic adult HIV infection rates have decreased from 2005 to 2014, 15 percent and 42 percent, respectively, while the white adult HIV infection rate has increased by 20 percent during the same time period

• There were no newly diagnosed perinatally acquired HIV cases in 2014 which is a continuation of no perinatally transmitted HIV infections in Volusia County in 2013.

• AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) enrollment has increased by 62.5 percent from 2007 to 2014. This allows for more people who do not have insurance or have inadequate prescription coverage to receive medications that are on the ADAP formulary.

The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County offers HIV testing and counseling.

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