Illinois HIV Care Connect’s Health Beyond HIV Campaign Offers Advice

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Illinois HIV Care Connect introduces its Health Beyond HIV Campaign. Through website and social media content, the campaign will feature information that can help persons living with HIV to avoid or manage chronic medical conditions, known as co-morbidities. According to the National Institutes of Health, persons living with HIV are at elevated risk for developing chronic health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes mellitus, and chronic kidney disease. These individuals are also at elevated risk for developing coinfections such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and tuberculosis. The #HealthBeyondHIV Campaign will be visible on Illinois HIV Care Connect’s Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Threads social media platforms. A Health Beyond HIV Quiz offers an easy way to understand how to reduce risks associated with HIV. The Health Beyond HIV Campaign is Illinois HIV Care Connect’s 10th annual quality improvement initiative, following programs on HIV and aging, HIV innovation in Illinois, HIV stigma, HIV and youth, social determinants of health, HIV treatment as prevention, viral suppression, staying in HIV care, and HIV and mental health. For more information, visit www.hivcareconnect.com

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