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Medical Monitoring Project (MMP)

The Medical Monitoring Project (MMP) is a surveillance project designed to produce nationally representative data on people living with HIV and AIDS who are receiving care in the United States. The Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and state and local health departments is conducting the Medical Monitoring Project across the nation.

A total of 23 project area are involved in MMP, including Florida.

The project aims to gain a deeper understanding of health related experiences and needs of people living with HIV and AIDS who are receiving HIV care in the United States.

The project aims to:

• Provide a wide array of locally and nationally representaive estimates of behaviors and clinical outcomes of persons in care for HIV
• Describe health related behaviors
• Determine accessibility and use of prevention and support services
• Increase knowledge of the care and treatment provided
• Examine variation of factors by geographic area and patient characteristics