We Want You to Know… When the first World AIDS Day was held in 1988, an estimated 625,000 people were living with HIV1.   Today, an estimated 38 million people are living with HIV, many of whom are not aware they are HIV infected.  Since 1981, when the first HIV case was reported, an estimated 35,000,000 people have died of AIDS.

World AIDS Day 2023 Since 1988, December 1 has been designated by the World Health Organization as World AIDS Day as a platform to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, and to honor the lives of...

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We Want You to Know…Women and Men have very different experiences, health outcomes, and health challenges living with HIV. Promoting Self-Care and dedicated engagement in a women’s health care journey needs to be a priority and reflective of the special considerations of women living with HIV. HOCC’s December Program: “Women Living with HIV: Advances in HIV Treatment and Prevention” and January’s Program “How to Manage Your Health and HIV” will lead this vital discussion for women into 2024.

We want you to know that one in four people living with HIV in the United States is a woman and in 2021, 30.2% of all new HIV infections in Massachusetts were women. This...

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We want you to know that one in four people living with HIV in the United States is a woman and in 2021, 30.2% of all new HIV infections in Massachusetts were women, this is a significant increase in the numbers of women currently becoming infected and at risk for HIV.

 This is vital to understand for many of these women are of childbearing age. In fact, every year, approximately 5,000 women with HIV give birth in the United States. In addition to primary prevention...

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