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Get Your World AIDS Day #PlaySure Kit!

In recognition of World AIDS Day, we have introduced a new, limited edition #PlaySure kit and bag designed by Marc Jacobs.

The #PlaySure Kit, first introduced on World AIDS Day 2015, is an innovative safer sex tool designed to hold everything New Yorkers need to play sure, such as condoms, lube and prevention pills of choice (e.g., PrEP, PEP, HIV medications). In the last two years, we’ve distributed more than 147,000 free kits across the city.

The limited edition Marc Jacobs #PlaySure Kit will be available for free at participating community organizations, the City’s Sexual Health Clinics and at many community events throughout the year. Distribution locations are also available by calling 311.

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New HIV Diagnoses in NYC Have Reached Historic Low

Ahead of World AIDS Day, we’re thrilled to announce that HIV diagnoses among gay and bisexual men in New York City have reached a historic low!

According to the 2016 HIV Surveillance Annual Report, 2,279 people were newly diagnosed with HIV last year, down 8.6 percent from 2015.

Since HIV reporting began in 2001, new HIV diagnoses among men who have sex with men (MSM) reached a statistically significant low in 2016, with 1,236 diagnoses compared to 1,450 in 2015 – a 14.8 percent decline.

Black MSM, Latino MSM and White MSM all experienced declines, with the largest drop among White and Latino MSM.

The report also shows more New Yorkers with HIV are achieving viral suppression. In 2016, 84 percent of HIV-positive people receiving HIV medical care in New York City were virally suppressed, up from 70 percent in 2011 when we began tracking viral suppression rates.

This progress is especially important in light of new clinical research showing that individuals with HIV who are taking antiretroviral medicines and maintain an undetectable viral load for at least six months do not sexually transmit HIV.