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PrEP Navigator Manual: Helping People Access Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

In August 2017, PleasePrEPMe.org and Project Inform launched a new PrEP navigation publication, Helping People Access Pre-Exposure...

Feb 13, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

  • PrEP Education Materials for Native Americans

    Project Inform announced newly launched PrEP resource for Native Americans. In December 2017, the Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI)...

    Jan 11, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

  • PleasePrEPMe Launches State-Specific Resources

    PleasePrEPMe recently launched PleasePrEPMe:Resources, individual web pages with online pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) resources for...

    Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • School-Based Adolescent HIV/STD Prevention Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 4

    This newsletter was developed as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School...

    Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis, Success Story

    New Installment: Ending the Epidemics Success Stories

    As part of this year’s Unite to End the HIV and Viral Hepatitis Epidemics Chair’s Challenge, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) released another installment in a series of success stories collected from around the nation. This installment features programs from Alabama and Indiana and highlights their health department’s efforts to […]

    Mar 07, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    #AskTheHIVDoc Video Series

    Greater Than AIDS hosts an #AskTheHIVDoc YouTube series featuring healthcare providers giving frank, no-nonsense answers to commonly asked questions about HIV. Topics covered include personal risk, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), and other prevention tools. In recognition of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Dr. Charlene Flash, an HIV specialist and primary care doctor based in...

    Mar 07, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Tools & Resources, HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    Mapping PrEP: First Ever Data on PrEP Users Across the U.S.

    AIDSVu has released the first-ever interactive state-level maps visualizing a 73 percent increase year over year in persons using pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) across the U.S. from 2012 to 2016, with 77,120 PrEP users in 2016. PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, is when people at high risk for HIV take HIV medicine daily to lower their chances of getting […]

    Mar 07, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Press Release, HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    CDC Study: PrEP Not Reaching Most Who Could Benefit

    A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), presented at the 2018 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), suggests that only a small percentage of Americans who could potentially benefit from pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a daily pill for HIV prevention, have been prescribed it. In the first detailed analysis by […]

    Mar 07, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Tools & Resources, HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    Family Planning Provider PrEP Toolkit

    PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) for HIV prevention is highly effective and safe. PrEP works for women. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates 468,000 U.S. women could benefit from PrEP. However, fewer Black women have been prescribed PrEP or know about PrEP than white women. Forty percent of women access reproductive health care only, making family […]

    Feb 26, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    PrEP Navigator Manual: Helping People Access Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

    In August 2017, PleasePrEPMe.org and Project Inform launched a new PrEP navigation publication, Helping People Access Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, available in English and Spanish! This manual provides in-depth information to frontline staff within California on the various aspects of supporting people who seek PrEP to get and maintain their prescriptions and related health care. The manual is meant...

    Feb 13, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    PrEP Education Materials for Native Americans

    Project Inform announced newly launched PrEP resource for Native Americans. In December 2017, the Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) in Seattle launched a new pamphlet to educate individuals in Native communities on the availability and effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). UIHI stated, “American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) are disproportionately affected by HIV. The CDC reported...

    Jan 11, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    PleasePrEPMe Launches State-Specific Resources

    PleasePrEPMe recently launched PleasePrEPMe:Resources, individual web pages with online pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) resources for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, in English and Spanish. Each page includes state-specific, regional and national PrEP education materials and other tools — from videos and websites to navigation toolkits and provider guides — all carefully vetted for...

    Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    School-Based Adolescent HIV/STD Prevention Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 4

    This newsletter was developed as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health’s (DASH) initiative, Expanding Partnerships and Disseminating HIV Prevention Materials to Reduce HIV and other STDs among Adolescents through National Non-Governmental Organizations (PS16-1603). The initiative was created to increase education of key stakeholders...

    Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

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