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Enhancing outcomes for pregnant/postpartum families impacted by substance use disorders (EOPI-SUD)

Submitted by Kendra Lawson in on

The Child and Family Health Division at MDH is seeking proposals, focused on those who are pregnant and postpartum and their infants, and include approaches that:  Promote medication-assisted treatment options  Support programs that provide focused interventions and services in accord with evidence-based care models for mental health and substance use disorder, and/or neonatal abstinence syndrome, neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome  Collaborate with interdisciplinary and professional organizations that focus on quality improvement initiatives related to substance use disorder  Implemen

Achieving and Sustaining HIV/TB Epidemic Control in the Mpumalanga Province

Submitted by Kendra Lawson in on

The goal of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) “Achieving and Sustaining HIV Epidemic Control in the Mpumalanga Province” Activity (hereinafter referred to as the Activity) is to support long, healthy lives for the population of Mpumalanga Province by achieving and sustaining HIV/TB epidemic control.

Leadership Exchange LIVE: Black Women Living with and Vulnerable to HIV in the U.S.

Submitted by Edith Jickling in on

This webinar features an exchange between Project Manager, Ciarra "Ci Ci" Covin (The Well Project) and Latesha Elopre, MD, MSPH (University of Alabama at Birmingham) to uplift the unique needs and priorities and insights of Black women living with and vulnerable to HIV, with an emphasis on the US South. It also highlights optimal care for women and provide participants with best practices to improve their capacity to serve the needs of women living with and vulnerable to HIV. This program is supported through a grant from NASTAD.

Webinar: Program Evaluation Essentials for EHE with Dr. Roxanne Kerani

Submitted by Edith Jickling in on

RAISE and NASTAD’s webinar, “Program Evaluation Essentials for EHE” took place on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. Dr. Roxanne Kerani discussed key evaluation methods and provided applied examples of public health HIV program evaluations. 

Pharmaceutical Company Patient Assistance Programs and Cost-sharing Assistance Programs: HIV Prevention

Submitted by Edith Jickling in on

This guide explains how patient assistance programs (PAPs) are run by, or in association with, pharmaceutical companies to provide free or low-cost medications to people with low incomes who generally do not qualify for any other insurance or assistance programs (such as Medicaid, Medicare, or AIDS Drug Assistance Programs). Some company PAPs may be open to certain insured people with low incomes to help with affordability challenges associated with out-of-pocket medication cost-sharing requirements.