AIDS United published a new resource on meaningful involvement of people with HIV/AIDS (MIPA), a principle focused on about ensuring that the communities most affected by HIV are involved in decision-making, at every level of…
Cardea Services is now offering an independent study course to help healthcare providers discuss aspects of gender identity, gender discrimination and gender-related health disparities and how they impact clients. Participants will practice skills for assessing and…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched Start Talking. Stop HIV. in 2014 as part of its overall Act Against AIDS campaign, which aims to reduce HIV infections among gay, bisexual, and other men who…
In a recent blog, Richard Wolitski, Ph.D., Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S Department of Health and Human Services, explored the relationship between injection drug use in the nation’s opioid epidemic, increases in…
The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) has published the 2017 National ADAP Monitoring Project Annual Report and its accompanying resources, which provide comprehensive information on AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs). Over the…
By Tara Lutz, MPH, CHES, NACCHO Health & Disability Fellow According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2006 publication, Defining Sexual Health, the working definition of sexuality is “…a central aspect of being human throughout…
The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) has released the latest edition of the SIECUS State Profiles: A Portrait of Sexuality Education in the States. This fiscal year (FY) 2016 edition includes individual…
The Center for Integrated Health Solutions (CIHS), operated by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Health Resources and Service Administration (SAMHSA-HRSA), has resources to help Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) recipients address all aspects…
As the Senate takes up the American Health Care Act (AHCA) – a bill to repeal and replace major pieces of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS…
In a new approach to combat rising heroin and HIV rates, Las Vegas has implemented vending machines of clean needles. The syringe exchange vending machines, a first in the United States, aren’t open to just…