Addressing HIV Comorbidities and Health Equity | AIDS 2024
Improving equity for people with HIV requires health leaders to recognize that patients have different risk factors, Keri Althoff, Ph.D., of Johns Hopkins says.
Depression and anxiety among those with HIV continue to rise, as well as myocardial infarctions, according to a data model developed by Keri Althoff, Ph.D., professor, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.
“We do see an increase in the prevalence of myocardial infarctions. That makes sense when we think about the fact that diabetes is also projected to be on the rise. And I think and chronic kidney disease, because those are important risk factors for myocardial infarctions.” Althoff said in an interview ahead of the International AIDS Conference, which was held in Munich Germany
During the conference Althoff presented about the modeling her team did on the prevalence of comorbidities for people with HIV.
“We are looking for ways that we can improve health equity and we don’t want people left behind,” Althoff said. “We have to recognize that risk factors are different for these comorbidities.”
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