claim: hiv/aids is "dramatically on the rise in the u.s. south."
author: elton john
evidence_1: with hiv (hiv prevalence) has increased dramatically. yet, despite increasing  hiv prevalence and more opportunities for hiv transmission, the number of ... in  the south (18.5 per 100,000 people), followed by the. northeast (14.2), west ( 11.2) ... 13,000 people with aids in the united states die each year. 2. august  2016.
evidence_2: apr 11, 2018 ... antiretroviral therapy (art) has substantially reduced aids-related ... according  to the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention (cdc), ... 2).,, regionally,  the south accounted for about half of hiv diagnoses in 2016.
evidence_3: dec 10, 2018 ... east and southern africa is the region that is hardest hit by hiv; it is home to ...  who have sex with men have significantly higher hiv prevalence rates. .... at local  levels and increase investments for combination hiv prevention.52 .... policy,  also known as the 'global gag rule', which blocks us funds to any ...
evidence_4: jul 25, 2018 ... many people living with hiv or at risk for hiv infection do not have .... eastern and  southern africa are home to more than half (53%) of all ... however, between  2000 and 2016, tb deaths in people living with hiv declined substantially, .... this  increase was largely due to the timing of u.s. funding and is not ...
evidence_5: dec 10, 2018 ... aids-related deaths have dramatically decreased from the 14,000 recorded ...  with men in southern africa found stigma and discrimination in botswana are ....  an increase in the first line treatment failure rate – the first type of art ... from us $84 million in 2011 to us$39 million in 2015.80 in 2013, the gates ...