From 2012 to 2021, a total of 690 newly diagnosed HIV cases by CT DPH HIV Prevention Program's Routine Testing Services (RTS) funded agencies. These agencies were responsible for implementing a ‘routine HIV testing in healthcare settings’ intervention. From 2012 to 2014, in efforts to increase the number of newly diagnosed cases identified, funded agencies were requested to increase the number of HIV testing healthcare sites. 

From 2018 to 2019, there was a 14% increase in the number of newly diagnosed HIV cases found.  This was due to increasing the number of funded agencies implementing the RTS intervention and more HIV tests being conducted. From 2019 to 2020, there was a 21% decrease in the number newly diagnosed HIV cases due to COVID-19.  Starting in 2020, the 30 (i.e., .1% of 30,000) newly diagnosed HIV cases target was generated using CDC's requirement of .1% seropositivity rate of HIV newly diagnosed cases based on the proposed number of HIV testing events conducted by the RTS intervention. 

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 offering more people an HIV test during medical visits leads to more HIV new cases being diagnosed; 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.