>>ZAC LASHWAY: 9.13 WELCOME BACK NEW DATA FROM THE CDC SHOWS FLORIDA LEADS THE NATION
IN THE NUMBER OF NEW HIV CASES
DUVAL COUNTY HAS THE 4TH
HIGHEST RATE IN THE
STATE WITH ABOUT 29 POSITIVE
TESTS PER
100,000 PEOPLE. JOINING US THIS
MORNING IS DOCTOR MOHAMMED
MOHAMMAD REZA EXCUSE ME AN
INFECTIOUS
DISEASE SPECIALIST AND THE
MEDICAL DIRECTOR AT CANNES
COMMUNITY HEALTH DOCTOR AS A
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING ON
THE SHOW IN TALKING
WITH US. EXACT WHEN YOU HEARD
THIS WHEN YOU SAW THIS
INFORMATION IS NEW DATA WHAT
WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND.
>> SO OVERALL THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN DECREASING THE LAST 1015 YEARS SO IT IS BUT IN
FLORIDA, THE RATES OF INFECTION
HAPPENED HOW LONG SO IT’S
REASSURING THAT MITIGATION
STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE TO
DECREASE
INFECTION ARE WORKING IN THE
BIGGEST THING IS GETTING PEOPLE
HITCHED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT
GETTING TESTED KNOWING YOUR
STATUS. SO IMPORTANT.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: WHY IS THAT RATE
IN FLORIDA SO HIGH AND WHY IS
IT SO HIGH IN DUVAL COUNTY.
>> YEAH, I MEAN THERE’S THERE’S
SEVERAL REASONS SUMMER ACTS
CARE HEALTH CARE AS
WELL AS ACCESS TO
KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION WE
SEE THIS RATE OF INFECTION.
A LOT HIGHER IN THE
MINORITY POPULATION. IF YOU
LOOK AT THE RATE OF INFECTION
IN PEOPLE OR WHITE LIVING
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ABOUT 9.6
PER 100,000. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY SPOT, 58.3 PER
100,000 SO REACHING OUT TO
THOSE COMMUNITIES
AND EDUCATING AND LETTING THEM
KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT SURE
IT’LL INFECTION WAS BUT IT IS
VERY PREVENTABLE AND TREATABLE
AND WE KNOW THAT THAT STIGMA
THAT LAYS IN
THOSE COMMUNITIES TO KNOW THAT
THIS IS VERY TREATABLE AND
PREVENTABLE AND WITH THAT SAID
THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT
TREATMENTS FOR THOSE LIVING
WITH THE VIRUS.
ARE THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT
MEDICATIONS, IT’S NOT A DEATH
SENTENCE IS VERY TREATABLE.
SO A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE PEOPLE
CAN TAKE ONE PILL ONCE A DAY TO
HAVE THIS VIRUS BE UNDETECTABLE
ONE THAT’S THE GOAL OF TREATING
THIS. SECTION
GETTING THAT NUMBER SO LOW THAT
IS NOT DETECTED WORN ON BROAD
STREET THAT DOESN’T MEAN
THEY’RE CHAIR THAT MEANS IT’S
DOESN’T HAVE THAT EFFECT AND
THE OTHER IMPORTANT POINT US
IF YOU’RE IN DETECTABLE YOU
CANNOT TRANSMIT THAT VIRUS TO
OTHERS THAT’S ALSO SO
IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU
TALK ABOUT TREATMENT. THERE’S
ALSO A BIG PART OF THIS THAT’S
FOCUSED ON PREVENTION. WHAT ARE
THE OPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO
PREVENTION. FOR SURE THIS IS AN
EXCITING TIME IN OUR FIGHT
AGAINST HIV AIDS. SO THERE ARE
MEDICATIONS CALL PREP, WHICH
STANDS FOR PRE-EXPOSURE
PROPHYLAXIS THESE ARE PILLS
THAT CAN TAKE ONE PILL ONCE A
DAY THERE ARE THE TRUE FATHER
JUST
IT WOULD DECREASE YOUR RISK OF
CONTRACTING HIV BY 95 TO
99% AND I URGE ANYBODY THAT’S
ACTUALLY ACTIVE MULTIPLE
PARTNERS. TAKE GET ON
THESE MEDICATIONS AND THERE ARE
OTHER MEDICATIONS THAT ARE
COMING DOWN THE LINE THAT
ONE OF THE EXCITING THINGS WE
HAVE AVAILABLE AT OUR QUICK
ACTION COMMUNITY HEALTH’S
WE’RE ACTUALLY OWN CLINIC IN
WORK IS FOR THERE TO CONDUCTING
THIS TRIALS CALLED PURPOSE TO
TRIAL. AND IT’S AN INJECTABLE
RIGHT NOW YOU TAKE A PILL
EVERY DAY THIS WAS GOING TO
LOOK AT ONE INJECTION OF THE 6
MONTHS TO PREVENT HIV
INFECTION. AND SAME IS COMING
THROUGH FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH
HIV THEIR NOMINEE CASES ON
THE MARKET. IF YOUR PROVIDER
FEELS IT’S APPROPRIATE YOU CAN
TAKE AN INJECTION ONCE A MONTH
SINCE ARE TAKING A LOOK TODAY.
I MEAN THIS IS JUST AMAZING
THINGS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE
COMING DOWN TO US
TO PREVENT HIV AS WELL AS
STRATEGIC INFECTION.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: AND IT’S ALWAYS
EXCITING TO WATCH YOU ON THE
FRONT LINES WITH THIS EFFORT
DOCTOR MOHAMMAD REZA THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING REALLY QUICK BEFORE WE LET YOU GO FOR
PEOPLE LOOKING. TO SEE MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT HIV AIDS
WHERE CAN THEY GO TO DO SO.
>> THEY CAN GO TO KENT
COMMUNITY HEALTH DOT ORG.
WE ARE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
PROVIDES FREE TESTING AS WELL
AS TREATMENTS AS WELL AS
GETTING ON MEDICATIONS TO
PREVENT HIV AND IF YOU DON’T
HAVE INSURANCE. A NEW FINANCIAL
ALL FINE WE WILL GET YOU
INSURANCE LOT SO WE ARE HERE TO