Brief: Data Modernization Is Needed for a Syndemic Approach to Fighting HIV

In many communities, HIV exists as part of a syndemic that also encompasses other infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, poverty, unemployment, substance use disorders, and systemic discrimination. Our national approach to monitoring discrete health conditions is outdated, making it difficult to adopt syndemic strategies for improving community health.

Read the Big Ideas in Brief here.

Read the Big Ideas here.