Vivent Health is celebrating 40 years of providing HIV care in Wisconsin. Formerly known as the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin (ARCW), Vivent has been supporting patients since the very beginning of the AIDS epidemic.
When the epidemic began, the disease had no treatment. Stigma resulted in discrimination and prevented people from getting care. Vivent Health addressed those needs through both medical care and an integrated, community-built care model that continues to help Wisconsinites today.
Vivent Executive Director Dr. Brandon Hill says 8,400 Wisconsinites are living with HIV today, with 80% of them receiving care through Vivent Health. For 95% of those patients, the virus is at an undetectable level…