CDC and other actions that help prevent HIV or Stop the spread of HIV

As a part of its overall public health mission, the CDC provides leadership in helping control the HIV/AIDS epidemic. These activities are critically important because CDC estimates that about 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV. 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV, and 21% of these people/patients do not know they are infected. Programs like the CDC do the following by working with community, state, national, and international partners in surveillance, research, and prevention and evaluation activities.