85%
73%
63%
Source: Provided by the Houston Health Department
85%
36%
62%
39%
Note: Care continuum proportions are calculated out of the number of PLHIV diagnosed
Source: Provided by the Houston Health Department
Director
Stephen L. Williams
Houston Health Department
8000 North Stadium Drive Houston, Texas 77054
832-393-5169
Health Authority
Dr. David Persse
Houston Health Department
8000 North Stadium Drive Houston, Texas 77054
832-393-5169
Interim Executive Director
Gwen Sims, Med, RD, LD
Harris County Public Health
2223 West Loop South Houston, TX 77027
832-927-7487
Local Health Authority
Dr. Sherri D. Onyiego MD, PhD, FAAFP
Harris County Public Health
2223 West Loop South, Houston, TX 77027
713-439-6000
"We are still living in a pandemic with HIV, and we need to normalize HIV testing if we want to reach zero new transmissions. The only way we will be able to achieve this, is by bringing testing back front and center in our community, and bringing different voices of other HIV activists in the community together to reach our goal to END HIV once and for all."
"Houston created its first jointly developed Comprehensive HIV Prevention and Care Services Plan at least five years prior to HRSA requiring this of other jurisdictions. PLWH and stakeholders developed a PLWH driven and led plan to end HIV in Houston at least three years prior to a Federal announcement of a similar national effort. By keeping the values and vision of PLWH centered, viewing challenges and solutions through a racial and social justice lens was maintained throughout that process. Our history of near decade long cooperation has not just strengthened partnerships but prepared us to finally end HIV. Contigo hasta que terminemos."
"In the early 1990’s, most of us never dreamt that we would live to see our next birthday. It’s because of programs like the Ryan White Program that people in the United States who are living with HIV have access to medication, care, and housing. With strategies like our local plan to end the HIV epidemic, I am hopeful that there will be a time when new HIV diagnoses will be rare; but we have a lot of work to do, and it will take current leaders and new to make this a reality for Harris and surrounding counties."
