I am a 53-year-old white gay male and I have been HIV positive for 18 years. I have been in and out of care during that time. I lost 3 classes of medications because I was not in care. I was dealing with the stigma of being HIV positive, which led me to start using drugs, then eventually harder drugs, including meth. I have been clean and back into care now for 3 years. I am now undetectable. I am a Peer Educator and a voting member on the South Carolina HIV Planning Council. I have been testing others and providing prevention services at Careteam+ for about 4 months now.

DHEC 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. DHEC 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:

What is Data to Care (DTC)?

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).

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Background

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).

• Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
• Enteroviruses
• Gastroenteritis & Noroviruses
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatiti

• Avian Influenza
• Naegleria fowleri amoeba
• Rabies

Ebola is a disease that can occur anywhere from two to 21-days after exposure to an infected person or contaminated items, but the average is eight to 10 days. Symptoms include:

• Fever
• Severe headache
• Muscle pain and weakness
• Vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain
• Unexplained bleeding or bruising.

The course of the disease can be very severe and even fatal. We encourage you to learn the facts about Ebola by visiting the CDC's website.