Emory Launches New Tool to Visualize HIV Epidemic in the US

Emory Launches New Tool to Visualize HIV Epidemic in the US

 

 

Today, the AIDSVu, an interactive online map that, 30 years into the epidemic, provides a detailed view of the number of people living with an HIV diagnosis in the United States by state and county. AIDSVu is a project of Emory University that aims to make HIV prevalence data locally relevant and widely accessible. It allows users to visually explore the HIV epidemic on a national, state and local level alongside additional information such as HIV/STD testing center locations, NIH-funded HIV prevention and vaccine trials locations, and news coverage of HIV/AIDS. In addition to the HIV testing locator functionality, AIDSVu promotes HIV testing and awareness by providing guidance and talking points for individuals who want to get tested and a volunteer opportunity search option.

Additionally, AIDSVu provides information about where to find HIV testing center locations. For additional HIV resources, such as housing, substance abuse, family planning, mental health services, and health centers, visit the AIDS.gov locater.

By Vera Yakovchenko, Public Health Advisor, Office of HIV/AIDS Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

 

Emory University

 

Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of John Emory, a well-known Methodist bishop. The university’s mission statement is “to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity.” The school initially struggled financially until a land-grant by Asa Candler, the president of the Coca Cola Company, “to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity.” allowed the small college to move to metropolitan Atlanta in 1915 and become rechartered as Emory University.

Today, the school consists of nine academic divisions: the College of Arts and Sciences, Oxford College, Laney Graduate School, School of Law, School of Medicine, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Rollins School of Public Health, Candler School of Theology, and the Goizueta Business School.

Emory is ranked 107th in the QS World University Rankings, 20th in America in the U.S. News & World Report,.[6] Its medical, law and business programs rank in the top 25 in the country.

 

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