HIV and AIDS

This resource highlights new HIV diagnoses in California in 2019. Risk categories are in order of highest transmission risk (Injection Drug Use, Sexual Contact, and Other).

On June 18, 2022, the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) held a roundtable discussion in Miami, Florida, to launch the new national HIV viral suppression campaign, I am a Work of ART. The discussion was moderated by Harold Phillips, Director, White House Office of National AIDS Policy and panel members included the creative partners featured in the campaign materials. During the launch, attendees heard the creative partners tell their stories of being diagnosed with HIV, getting connected to care, and becoming virally suppressed.

The goal of this billing and coding guide is to provide up-to-date information and best practices for coding, billing, and denial resolution for PrEP and PEP services. The intention is that this guide will serve as a foundation from which a healthcare organization can build internal PrEP and PEP coding and billing policies. 

This publication discusses how people who engage in drug use or high-risk behaviors associated with drug use put themselves at risk for contracting or transmitting viral infections such as HIV/AIDS or hepatitis.

This resource provides information on HIV basics for managing the disease. Topics covered include how to get medical care and treatmeant, how to build healthy routines, how to prevent opportunistic infections, and how to stay healthy during international travel.

This resource provides information on next steps for HIV treatment. Topics covered include how to find a doctor/provider, when and how to start treatment, how to inform others of a positive diagnosis, and where an individual can seek support.

This resource provides information on next steps individuals who participate in injection drug use should take to protect themselves from getting HIV. Topics covered highlights how drug use increases risk for HIV and how individuals can prevent it. 

This resource provides information on steps individuals can take to lower their risk of developing HIV. Topics covered inlcude who is at risk of getting HIV through sex, how to lower the risk of getting HIV through sex, and how individuals can engage in conversations about preventing HIV and other STDs.

RAISE and NASTAD’s webinar, “Best Practices for Community Engagement from a Public Health Perspective,” took place on Wednesday, July 19. This webinar featured two speakers discussing community engagement best practices, from a public health perspective. The discussion focused on approaches to assessing community preferences for public health interventions.