Research and science shows that persons living with HIV who have an undetectable viral load cannot transmit the virus sexually to their partners! People that have an undetectable viral load cannot transmit the virus sexually to their partners. The goal of the U=U campaign is to reduce the amount of stigma impacting people living with HIV.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has backed the U=U: Undetectable Equals Untransmittable campaign as one of the most important messages in the fight against HIV. The campaign highlights HIV treatment as HIV prevention, emphasizing viral suppression while acknowledging our other prevention tools, including condom use, regular STI screening, and using PrEP – all of these tools are available and accessible to people living with and impacted by HIV.

U=U has been successful in influencing public opinion, helping more people living with HIV, their friends, families, and communities to understand that they can live long, healthy lives, have children, and not have to worry about passing HIV on to others.

If you’d like to join a U=U movement closest to home, check out the U=U Maryland home page.

This local campaign is led by the State of Maryland and the Baltimore City Health Department in conjunction with its partners and aims to eliminate the stigma of living with HIV through education, empowerment, and engagement.