LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — New HIV cases in Michigan have “significantly declined” over the last decade, data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services shows.
Overall, the state has seen a 1.6% decline in the HIV diagnosis rate each year since 2015. That decrease was driven by decreased rates in the Detroit area.
“We’ve invested in a lot of education, public education related to prevention in the last couple of years, and also the Ending the Epidemic grant that we received from the federal government that invested funds that were uniquely flexible to cities in metropolitan statistical areas that had high HIV incidence.” said Katie Macomber, director of the Bureau of HIV and STI Programs at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
“So, Wayne County and Detroit City has received that money for several years now, has allowed us to invest with new partners and to help sort of prevent and treat HIV in unique settings that we haven’t had the funds to do before,” she said. “And, so, I think that’s why you really see things happening in Detroit that aren’t necessarily reflected all over the state.”…