The South Central AIDS Education and Training Center
A national network of HIV experts who provide locally-based, targeted education, clinical consultation, and technical assistance to healthcare professionals and healthcare organizations.
Training
Building Capacity for Excellence in HIV Care and Prevention
The AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) is a national network of HIV experts who provide locally based, targeted education, clinical consultation, and technical assistance to healthcare professionals and healthcare organizations.
HIV by the numbers
1 in 7 unaware of infection in the US
6,809 estimated number of new cases each year*
64.1% are virally suppressed or undetectable*
73.9% received care*
Source: AIDSVu (CDC HIV Surveillance Data).
Regional percentages were calculated by aggregating state-level counts.
*In the SCAETC region (AR, LA, OK, NM, TX)
We’re streamlining the latest HIV prevention and treatment guidelines and putting them into providers’ hands quickly,” “That allows more time to focus on patient care, especially in underserved areas.
It’s great for a rural system like the Indian Health Service, which doesn’t have a lot of specialists. These frontline primary care providers in a lot of rural, small clinics can have access to real mentoring with ECHO [SCAETC Indian Country HIV ECHO Program].
South Central Region
The SCAETC is one of eight regional and two national centers in the United States. We serve Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas through our central office and local partner sites.
AETC Impact and Accomplishments
News & Stories
Ending the Epidemic
Our diverse territory has made great strides in HIV identification, management, and care. Even so, two states and seven countries in the South Central region are identified in the Department of Health and Human Services’ Plan to End the Epidemic as having some of the highest numbers of new HIV diagnoses.
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