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As Rhode Island strives to build healthier communities, one of the most complex and challenging areas of public. health is the prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immune deficiency syndrome. (AIDS) and other sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs), such as syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. Despite. decades of efforts to reduce the burden of HIV and STDs in Rhode Island, these diseases remain a persistent public. health problem, especially among many vulnerable and marginalized populations.