President Trump pledged in his State of the Union speech to “eliminate the HIV epidemic in the United States within 10 years.” San Francisco may beat that timeline. It's on track to be the first city to eliminate new HIV infections — or at least come close
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All because of a small blue pill, brand name Truvada. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that when it is taken consistently “it has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection in people who are at high risk by up to 92%.” When used with a condom, it is even more effective. Among the largest providers is Magnet, a men’s sexual health clinic in the Castro District run by the nonprofit San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Because it is not government funded, there are no restrictions on whom it can serve, although it tends to focus on what Pierre-Cedric Crouch describes as clients on the “gay, bi and transmasculine spectrum.”
Although homeless people make up just 1% of the city’s population, they account for 14% of the newly diagnosed HIV cases, according to the health department. While 70% of housed people with HIV have the virus under control, only a third of homeless people do.
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