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HRSA/HAB Supports PrEP as a Prevention Tool
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau has released a letter in support of pre-exposure prophylaxis...
Jul 11, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
250+ Sites Participate in National PrEP Listening Session
Community representatives from around the country recently joined federal leaders from the White House and the Department of Health...
Jun 29, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
National Men’s Health Week: Raising Awareness and Promoting Prevention
June 13-19 marks National Men’s Health Week, providing an opportunity to encourage men to prioritize the health of their body and...
Jun 17, 2016 | Nicholas Parr
SASI Report: WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO END HIV
The Southern HIV/AIDS Strategy Initiative (SASI) just released WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO END HIV, a report summarizing the research related...
Jun 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
National HIV PrEP Summit (NHPS)
On Dec 3-4, NMAC will host their National HIV PrEP Summit (NHPS) in San Francisco. The event is a great opportunity to learn about...
Apr 20, 2016 | Nyana Quashie
Talk About Sexual Health During STD Awareness Month
By Kendra Weindling, STI/HIV Program Supervisor, Richmond City (VA) Health District April is STD Awareness Month, which provides an...
Apr 11, 2016 | Guest Author
HIV Prevention Modeling Study Shows As Many as 185,000 New HIV Infections Could be...
Reaching the National HIV/AIDS Strategy targets for HIV testing and treatment and expanding the use of daily Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis...
Feb 29, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
Issue Brief on Transgender Women and PrEP
The National Center for Innovation in HIV Care released an issue brief entitled Transgender Women and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: What...
Dec 04, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
Access Archived Materials from NCSD’s 2015 Annual Meeting
The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) held their annual meeting in Savannah, GA in October. Presentation topics reflected the...
Nov 16, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
HRSA/HAB Supports PrEP as a Prevention ToolThe Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau has released a letter in support of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as a prevention tool against HIV transmission, to align with the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020 (NHAS). Specifically, the letter supports NHAS Goal 1, Reduce new infections and calls upon federal agencies to implement PrEP within their programs,... Jul 11, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
250+ Sites Participate in National PrEP Listening SessionCommunity representatives from around the country recently joined federal leaders from the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services to discuss improving access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and strengthening PrEP delivery systems in the United States. More than 250 sites participated in the national listening session that yielded many thoughtful suggestions from a... Jun 29, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
National Men’s Health Week: Raising Awareness and Promoting PreventionJune 13-19 marks National Men’s Health Week, providing an opportunity to encourage men to prioritize the health of their body and mind. Celebrated in June every year, this awareness week can serve as a reminder for men to check in with their health by: Getting a regular checkup, especially to screen for high blood pressure […] Jun 17, 2016 | Nicholas Parr |
SASI Report: WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO END HIVThe Southern HIV/AIDS Strategy Initiative (SASI) just released WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO END HIV, a report summarizing the research related to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) utilization and barriers. The report makes recommendations for federal, state and pharmaceutical company policy makers to increase PrEP utilization. The benefits of PrEP to prevent HIV transmission are well established, but it... Jun 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
National HIV PrEP Summit (NHPS)On Dec 3-4, NMAC will host their National HIV PrEP Summit (NHPS) in San Francisco. The event is a great opportunity to learn about Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), and other biomedical HIV prevention interventions. This event will serve as a space for health departments, community based organizations, and other HIV leaders to discuss ways to discuss how […] Apr 20, 2016 | Nyana Quashie |
Talk About Sexual Health During STD Awareness MonthBy Kendra Weindling, STI/HIV Program Supervisor, Richmond City (VA) Health District April is STD Awareness Month, which provides an opportunity to raise awareness about the impact of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided a separate but related theme for each week in April. The theme for this […] Apr 11, 2016 | Guest Author |
HIV Prevention Modeling Study Shows As Many as 185,000 New HIV Infections Could be Prevented in the United StatesReaching the National HIV/AIDS Strategy targets for HIV testing and treatment and expanding the use of daily Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) could prevent an estimated 185,000 new HIV infections in the United States by 2020 – a 70% reduction in new infections. CDC presented this HIV prevention modeling study, using a forecasting model to predict the impact of these […] Feb 29, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Issue Brief on Transgender Women and PrEPThe National Center for Innovation in HIV Care released an issue brief entitled Transgender Women and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: What We Know and What We Still Need to Know. It is estimated that HIV prevalence among transgender women is 49 times higher than in the general adult population, with 19.1% of transgender women worldwide currently living with HIV. The […] Dec 04, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Access Archived Materials from NCSD’s 2015 Annual MeetingThe National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) held their annual meeting in Savannah, GA in October. Presentation topics reflected the wide range of issues affecting HIV and STD programs across the country, including staffing, evaluation, performance outcome measures, surveillance, state policy to the re-emergence of congenital syphilis, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention, and adapting... Nov 16, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
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