DPH is responsible for implementing the statewide Data to Care initiative in collaboration with participating providers to successfully link and re-engage people living with HIV (PLWH) back to primary HIV medical care. DPH executes DTC by securely exchanging protected health information (PHI) through Provide Enterprise (PE) or Secure File Transport Protocol (SFTP) on a quarterly basis.
The goal of the TRICE Program is to ensure a seamless and rapid transition to HIV medical services for persons that are HIV positive. People living with HIV/AIDS who have not received services from an HIV medical provider in 9 months or more are deemed not in care by TRICE definition. The TRICE program's mission is to get persons back into care by:
DTC is a public health strategy that aims to use HIV surveillance data to identify HIV-diagnosed individuals, not in care, link them to care, and support the HIV Care Continuum.
DTC in South Carolina is known as Targeting Re-engagement In Care Efficiently (TRICE).
Updated: June 4, 2026
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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is an illness caused by coronaviruses, a large family of viruses causing diseases ranging in severity from the common cold to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
Updated: June 29, 2026
Ebola disease is a rare but serious viral hemorrhagic fever caused by infection with one of four orthoebolaviruses known to infect humans: Ebola virus, Sudan virus, Bundibugyo virus, and Taï Forest virus. Ebola can cause severe illness and death if not recognized and treated promptly. The virus spreads through direct contact with the blood or other body fluids of a person who is sick with Ebola or has died from the disease and does not spread through the air like influenza or COVID-19.
