Dear Colleague letter re name-based HIV reporting, from Julie Gerberding .

Between 2003 and 2005, new HIV diagnoses increased 13% among MSM in the 33 states with confidential name-based HIV reporting.

From 2006-2009, the estimated number and rate of HIV diagnoses among blacks remained stable in the 40 states with long-term confidential name-based HIV reporting.

Washington has implemented HIV reporting by patient name to enable public health follow-up; after services and referrals are offered, names are converted into codes.

Because many states were considering implementing HIV reporting, CDC held a consultation in 1993 with public health and community representatives to discuss relevant issues and concerns.

In addition to Maryland, three other states (Illinois, Maine, and Massachusetts) and Puerto Rico recently implemented HIV reporting using four different coded identifiers.

Effect of HIV reporting by name on use of HIV testing in publicly funded counseling and testing sites.

The following bullets are data from the 33 states with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting.

HIV/AIDS in 2005 (The following bullets are based on data from the 33 states with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting.

Based on data from 33 states with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting.