From 2008 to 2021, a total of 488,309 HIV tests by CT DPH HIV Prevention Program’s funded agencies conducting routine HIV testing in healthcare settings. From 2012 to 2014, there was a quantum leap in the number of HIV tests conducted due to RTS interventions' coordinators successfully increasing the number of HIV testing sites within their organizations. From 2019 to 2020, there was a decrease in the number of HIV tests conducted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  However, the numbers increased in 2021. For information on HIV testing in CT, please visit: https://endthesyndemicct.org/epidemics/hiv/ .  Starting in 2020, the 30,000 annual HIV testing events target was generated by CDC's and CT DPH HIV Prevention Program contract agreement. 

Note. YR 2021 data updated on March, 2022; YR 2022 data will be updated on: June, 2023

Key partners that are impacted by the objective(s) are: DPH HIV Prevention Program staff; The Connecticut HIV Planning Consortia (CHPC); Ending the Syndemic Commission, CT HIV Funders Group; HIV Prevention Services Funded Agencies; Consumers & Clients; The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); HRSA; CT DPH STD program; Disease Intervention Specialists; CT DPH HIV Surveillance Program; and Healthcare and Support Services.

Strategies based on testing people routinely during medical visits; continue to increase the number of healthcare settings organizations where routine HIV testing could be offered; HIV testing performance standards, measures and targets are based on: The National HIV AIDS Strategy and domestic HIV epidemic data.

Provide agencies with resources to implement HIV testing in healthcare settings sites; and encourage the use of HIV surveillance and STDs data for decision making