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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
The Latino Commission on AIDS Released Health Brief on HIV Crisis Among Hispanic MSM
The Latino Commission on AIDS has released “The HIV Crisis Among Hispanic/Latino MSM” health brief to highlight the health...
Feb 29, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
CDC Releases New National Estimates of Lifetime HIV Risk
The CDC released estimates that show if current HIV diagnoses rates persist, approximately 1 in 2 black gay and bisexual men and 1 in...
Feb 24, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
PrEP-Friendly Provider Directory
Greater than AIDS, NASTAD, and Emory University have developed a state and city directory of PrEP-friendly providers. If your health...
Feb 23, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
President Obama Releases Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Proposal: Advancing the Commitment...
On February 9, President Obama released his fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request that outlines the Administration’s priorities...
Feb 18, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
Fulton County Opens No-Cost PrEP Clinic
The Fulton County Health Department opened a no-cost PrEP clinic with the goal of reducing new HIV infections in three groups who are...
Feb 18, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
Project Inform Releases New PrEP Resource
Project Inform and Outshine NW have developed “Transcending Barriers for Safer Pleasure,” a resource guide available in...
Feb 17, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
Internet Partner Services Toolkit Now Available
CDC released a toolkit for technology-based STD and HIV Partner Services (IPS) that serves as a general resource for health...
Feb 17, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
Disease Intervention Specialist Training: An Evolving Part of the Public Health...
By Julie Hartley, Disease Intervention Specialist, Monroe County (IN) Health Department Disease intervention specialists (DIS) are an...
Feb 17, 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 |
The Latino Commission on AIDS Released Health Brief on HIV Crisis Among Hispanic MSMThe Latino Commission on AIDS has released “The HIV Crisis Among Hispanic/Latino MSM” health brief to highlight the health crisis faced by Hispanic/Latino men in the United States. While Latinos comprise only 17% of the U.S. population, they accounted for 24% of all HIV infections in 2014. The health brief highlights many concerning statistics related […] Feb 29, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
CDC Releases New National Estimates of Lifetime HIV RiskThe CDC released estimates that show if current HIV diagnoses rates persist, approximately 1 in 2 black gay and bisexual men and 1 in 4 Latino gay and bisexual men in the United States will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime. CDC analyses presented at the 2016 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in […] Feb 24, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
PrEP-Friendly Provider DirectoryGreater than AIDS, NASTAD, and Emory University have developed a state and city directory of PrEP-friendly providers. If your health department or the PrEP-friendly providers in your community are not listed, be sure to add them by emailing [email protected]. Click here to access the directory. Feb 23, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
President Obama Releases Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Proposal: Advancing the Commitment to Reaching an AIDS-free Generation in the United StatesOn February 9, President Obama released his fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request that outlines the Administration’s priorities and initiates the annual appropriations process. CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) received a $5 million increase in the budget proposal for the Division of Viral Hepatitis. The budget proposal also […] Feb 18, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Fulton County Opens No-Cost PrEP ClinicThe Fulton County Health Department opened a no-cost PrEP clinic with the goal of reducing new HIV infections in three groups who are disproportionately impacted by the epidemic in Atlanta: young men who have sex with men, HIV-negative people in a relationship with someone who has the virus, and women in high-risk groups. Fulton County […] Feb 18, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Project Inform Releases New PrEP ResourceProject Inform and Outshine NW have developed “Transcending Barriers for Safer Pleasure,” a resource guide available in English and Spanish about PrEP for women who are transgender and for other trans/gender variant people who were assigned male sex at birth. This resource guide provides information on PrEP as an HIV prevention tool, how to find […] Feb 17, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Internet Partner Services Toolkit Now AvailableCDC released a toolkit for technology-based STD and HIV Partner Services (IPS) that serves as a general resource for health departments, community-based organizations, and others authorized to provide HIV/STD partner services. It is designed for use with the Internet and other digital technologies such as mobile phones, computers, and social networking sites, to trace and […] Feb 17, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Disease Intervention Specialist Training: An Evolving Part of the Public Health WorkforceBy Julie Hartley, Disease Intervention Specialist, Monroe County (IN) Health Department Disease intervention specialists (DIS) are an integral part of the public health workforce. Originally established in the field of STD prevention, DIS have increasingly been utilized in other program areas such as tuberculosis, hepatitis, and HIV linkage and re-engagement in care. During times of public... Feb 17, 2016 | Guest Author |
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