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The annual number of new HIV infections in the U.S. has remained relatively constant at 40,000 for more than a decade. In recent years, the CDC has increasingly targeted its prevention strategies at the already infected population. These recommendations, developed by the CDC, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the NIH, and the HIV Medicine Association, detail the three essential ways in which clinicians can and should incorporate prevention strategies into everyday HIV medicine:
Screening for risk behaviors and for other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
Providing risk-reduction counseling and offering referrals for further counseling and additional services that aid prevention
Facilitating notification, testing, and counseli…