Howard Brown Health, on July 26, issued its 2017 community impact report.
The health provider has launched a number of aggressive expansions in recent years, among them new locations in Englewood and Rogers Park, as well as a permanent location for its Broadway Youth Center (BYC) outreach facility.
Among the key findings of the report for Howard Brown Health were that there was a 42-percent increase in patients who are persons of color; there were 20,492 HIV screenings, wherein 94 percent of newly diagnosed patients were linked to primary care; and that 362 BYC clients attended drop-in programming and 625 clients accessed primary care.
The complete report can be read at bit.ly/2v8J7uE.