For over 20 years, NCAP has been the community-based organization that has led the response to HIV and AIDS in Northern Colorado. The agency has evolved according to the needs of people living with HIV and AIDS, along with adapting to public policy and attitudes towards the disease.

NCAP is the only AIDS service organization in 16,000 square miles that provides comprehensive medical case management and prevention education/outreach services, including confidential HIV testing. We have developed an extensive network of collaborative and cooperative service providers throughout our vast geographic rural/frontier service area to ensure HIV/AIDS care and prevention remain in our local communities.

HIV and Hepatitis C are both transmitted through blood-to-blood contact, and HIV/Hepatitis C coinfection is a noted problem. Overall, about 15%-30% of all people living with HIV/AIDS are also infected with Hepatitis C, and this estimate jumps to 50%-90% for those who acquired HIV through intravenous drug use¹⁶. Hepatitis C, like other illnesses, is more pronounced in those living with HIV/AIDS, and those who are coinfected tend to have more severe liver damage much sooner than in people who have Hepatitis C only¹⁶. Hepatitis C is also much less likely to “clear” (disappear entirely, with or without treatment) in coinfected individuals¹⁶. As such, early detection and treatment of Hepatitis C is especially important if one also living with HIV/AIDS.